[Last time on MMPR (Replaced by a
segment of the Zeo Serial in the Spring 96 reairings!); Opening Credits]
It's the Command Center, nearly
immediately after we last saw it. Standing in front of the Viewing Globe are Kimberly,
Aisha, Adam, Rocky, and Billy, with Alpha 5 nearby, pressing buttons on the console. The
gang appears collectively worried about what they see. Rocky notes, "Rito's getting
REALLY close to the city, you guys. We GOTTA do something!" Billy quickly loses
interest with standing around doing nothing, and begins hanging out at the console,
asking, "Alpha, do you have a fix on Tommy's position yet?" The automaton
answers distraught, "Ay-yi-yi! His signal is very weak. I can't lock it in!"
Zordon's disembodied voice urges, "Keep trying, Alpha. Until we locate them, Tommy
and his companion are at the mercy of Lord Zedd." The Viewing Globe shows Tommy,
still steering futilely, as Katherine hangs onto his shoulder, their car stuck between
dimensions. Suddenly, Tommy's head glows with an orange energy, causing him to pass out in
the driver's seat. The car ceases rocking, and the multiwarping starfield surrounding also
fades. The image starts to slowly turn to static, causing Kim to stress, "Oh no, he's
unconscious. We're losing him! Alpha, do something!" Static fills the globe, as Alpha
nervously works at the console, whining, "I'm TRYING, Kimberly!" Billy urges,
"Try decreasing the attenuation." Alpha points out, "I HAVE! It had no
effect." The globe shows another image, before flickering off again. Aisha remarks,
"It's breaking up!" Kim clasps her hands against her mouth in shock, Rocky hangs
his head low in frustration, and Alpha laments, "I'm SORRY, Rangers, but the signal
is completely gone! Without it, i'll be unable to trace Tommy's location!" Aisha
looks at her friends, Kim especially, and then to the Viewing Globe, helplessly worried.
Between dimensions, the starry-field background has frozen, as the Mustang convertible has
come to a dead halt. Tommy sits at the driver's seat, slumped over in unconsciousness.
Katherine is wide awake, grinning quite evilly. Rita Repulsa's voice echoes in, calling
for her trojan feline, "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty!" Kat's body suddenly surges
with a yellow electric light, in the shape of a cat monster, before teleporting her away
from the vehicle. Seconds later, up on the Moon Palace balcony, Rita sits upon the steps,
in the proper position to allow Katherine, in her white cat-sized Park Cat form, to
teleport into her clutches. Lord Zedd gripes to no avail, "DON'T call that cat back
here!" Rita begins stroking and petting PC, lovingly remarking in her grating voice,
"You've been a GOOD kitty, Katherine! Remind me to give you an extra saucer of
milk." Zedd groans, "Auhh, OH, brother!" Rita gets up, and holds her cat
outward, noting, "Isn't she BEAUTIFUL, Zeddy?" Lord Zedd shivers, backing up
disgusted, "Get that flea-bitten thing away from me!" Rita cuddles the kitty,
stating, "FINE! BE that way! Now we have the White Ranger, right where we WANT him!
Hahahaha!" Lord Zedd finally concurs with his wife, wickedly chuckling,
"Yesss." Goldar awaits below the steps patiently, but eventually begs,
"Master, let ME destroy the White Ranger. I have an old score to settle!" Zedd
is receptive to his loyal henchmonster's plea, bidding, "Very well, Goldar. I suppose
you have earned that right. Go! Have yourself a little FUN!" Goldar turns around,
whips his sword around in the air, vowing, "Dohh! I will NOT disappoint you,
Sire!" He motions his hand against the blade, and in a flash of flames, teleports
away. Rita continues petting the cat, but pouts, visibly annoyed her husband's letting her
back-stabbing former lackey get some action. Lord Zedd turns his attention to his wife,
"Now, Rita, about that cat." She turns around, PC cradled in her arms, looking
right at the fleshless alien warmonger. Zedd irks allergicly, "Ooh! It's GOT to
go!" Inside a dark & misty cave, the Mustang Convertible has ceased its drive
between the fabric of reality, and landed inside what seems to be a pocket dimension.
Tommy is still knocked out, though his head is slowly rolling from side to side, implying
a hint of awareness returning to him. Goldar enters the dark cave, passing a white
gargoyle statue on a pedestal. He approaches the car, and boasts to the sleeping Ranger
teen, "Nuuagh! SO, White Ranger, ONCE again we meet face to face. Only THIS time, it
is _I_ who will be the victor. Huh, hahahehe!" Goldar stands before the vehicle,
waving his sword.
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Back at the Command Center, Billy presses a random set of buttons, and tweaks a few knobs.
His four teammates watch over his shoulder, anxiously awaiting word. He sighs, "STILL
nothing!" All express their somber frustration subtly, except Rocky, who stomps his
foot and bemoans, "Oh man, what're we gonna DO?!" Zordon speaks up (err, down),
informing them, "Rangers, the search for Tommy will have to wait. Rito has reached
the outskirts of Angel Grove." Billy rises from his leaning-against-the-console
position, and agrees with many sighs, "Sorry to say, but Zordon's right. We're just
gonna have to hope Tommy's okay for right now." He talks mostly looking at Kimberly,
who nods and smiles, optimistically concurring, "Yeah." Alpha quietly continues
pressing buttons off to the side. Billy instantly looks at the camera, steps his legs out
wide while putting his right arm around his back, prompting the others to do exactly the
same. He then announces, "It's Morphin' Time!" The Morpher sequence plays, each
calling upon their Ranger powers: Black, Pink, Blue, Yellow, Red. The five core Power
Rangers emerge, fully morphed, in a section of land that's part desert, part forest, and
part mountains. They immediately spot the trouble overhead, with Pink Ranger noting,
"There he is!", and Red Ranger shouting, "Hey, Rito! Hold it right
there!" Rito Revolto's giant bony legs are shown stomping up and down on the
outskirts of Angel Grove, with the five tiny Rangers far below in the background. He hears
them and turns around to face the team, remarking, "Huh? Ahh, hello there, Power
Twerps!" Pink Ranger proclaims, "We won't let you destroy Angel Grove!"
Rito bends down and leans in towards the Power Rangers, scoffing mightily, "Oh,
YEAH?! And what do you think you're gonna do to stop me?!" His huge skullface gets so
close to the normal sized heroes, that his exposed sinus cavities blasts a gust of wind
directly against them. The Rangers stagger backwards, coughing and groaning, dust being
kicked up all around them. Rocky mentions, "Ugh! Bad breath!" Rito gets up,
straining as he arises, stating, "Well, i'd like to stay, but I gotta run. You know
how that (grunts) can be!" Red Ranger agrees, "Unfortunately, yes! It's TIME,
guys!" The other four exclaim in unison, "Right!" Rocky adds,
"Awright, let's do it!" The Rangers motion their arms in the air, trailing
sparks of energy match each color, as they summon together, "We need Ninjazord
power... NOW!"
The Red Ape Ninjazord races through the city, snarling mad. The Blue Wolf Ninjazord dashes
through the streets, howling fiercely. The Yellow Bear Ninjazord growls ferociously. The
Black Frog Ninjazord leaps over tall buildings in a single bound, ribbiting like a roar.
The Pink Crane Ninjazord swoops through the clouds, screeching loudly. All five Ninjazords
run along together, through the outskirts, each making their own noise. Rito Revolto is
already in the city, it seems, as he faces the fleet of five spiritual animals. He grunts,
"Don't you guys EVER give up!?" Yellow Bear rises slowly up on its hind-legs,
and slams back down, causing a thunderous quake to rip through the city. Rito staggers,
yelping aloud as he barely manages to keep standing. Yellow Bear slams its weight against
the ground again, causing a massive crack in the pavement below Rito's feet. The giant
skeleton soldier topples over when he foot becomes lodged in a cement crevice. He hits
with a thud, and recalls this being (the same footage used in Ninja Quest and) a
reoccurring tactic he keeps literally falling for, as he remarks, "I HATE when that
happens." Black Frog slides in, and begins firing a steady stream of pure fires out
its mouth like a tongue. The flames splatter against Rito, creating a heavy explosion.
Pink Crane flanks sideways through the sky, shooting off several beams of laserpower, each
blasting against Rito's chest. Red Ape whips out both of its sabers, and begins bashing
the red & white blades into the skeletal soldier's bony body. After several slashes,
Ape double-pokes Rito in the chest, knocking him into a roll across the ground. The
Ninjazord then blocks both of its sabers into one connected sword. That combined form is
used to block Rito's bonesword when he tries a sneak slash. Red Ape returns the gesture by
cutting into Rito repeatedly, using both ends of the double-sided saber. A final direct
poke, nearly bashing Rito on his skull-helmeted noggin, sends him flipping over into the
air. Rito somehow manages to land on his feet, and confidently boasts, "Bringin' out
the fancy stuff, are ya? Well, I got one of my own. Check THIS baby out!" In a zap of
orange & blue light, Rito's camouflage-colored flame thrower appears on his left arm.
He shows it off, having not used it since his last battle with the Ninjazords so long ago.
Red Ape stirs nervously at the sight of it. Rito quickly aims and fires it, quipping,
"Think fast!" The scorching flaming stream hits Red Ape, frying its metal body
slightly with sparks and loud report!
The Pink Crane Ninjazord hovers about, shifting its body into "head" mode.
Yellow Bear & Black Frog also reconfigure themselves, into the chest and legs,
respectively. Red Ape and Blue Wolf transform into the right and left arms, also
respectively. Pink Crane's huge head form locks on last, followed by the metal fist
face-sheaths for the arms. They all comes together against a fiery animal backdrop, to
create the Ninja Megazord! We finally see the five Power Rangers, sitting inside of the
cockpit, located in the eye-visor of the Megazord's head. They motion their arms and
proclaim in unison, "Alright! Megazord Battle Mode, power up!" Rito Revolto
urges facetiously, "C'mon, Power Twerps! I don't have all day!" The Ninja
Megazord poses for action, and starts to walk across the city. Rito fires his
flamethrower-arm again, cackling crazily. The Megazord simply walks past the explosions
bursting behind it. The sparks and smoke do batter the cockpit, causing the Rangers within
to be jolted about considerably. Ninja Megazord presses on, stunning Rito in gasping,
"No WAY!" In the cockpit, the Rangers activate together, "Ninja Megazord,
Power Punch!" The Blue Wolf arm is winded up and punched in slow-mo, the wolf howling
as its metal fist-face bashes into Rito's torch-arm. It's knocked off his arm completely,
causing him to yelp, "Yipes!" The Red Ape arm is winded up and punched in slow
mo, the ape snarling as its metal fist-face bashes into Rito's chest. He's hurled into the
air, crying out all the while, before collapsing against the ground, moaning painfully.
Red Ranger exclaims in excitement, "Alright! To the MOON, Rito! Ha ha!"
Meanwhile, in the Evil Moon Palace, Lord Zedd sits on the steps of the balcony, with his
head resting against his left arm, propped up on his left knee. Rita Repulsa stands in
front of him, still cradling PC in her arms. Zedd grumbles, "Ooooh! First her
brother, and now this dumb cat!" Rito teleports in behind them, via his usual orange
head-blue body method, hanging his head low as he walks up to them. Rita asks,
"What're YOU doing here?!," before realizing, "Oh, why do I even
BOTHER?!" Rito begins to speak, but just moans in defeat, and slumps his shoulders
again, unable to defend his giant-sized failure. Lord Zedd quips, "That's the EXACT
same question i've been asking since he arrived!" Rito mocks, snapping his hand like
a yapping mouth, "Diddy-ditty-deh!" (he raises his fist intimidatingly at Zedd,
but lucky for him, the overlord isn't looking) Rita pets her pussy, and remarks,
"Well, I suppose it's a good time for Plan B." Rito rubs his hands, anxiously
proclaiming, "Oh, GOOD! A Plan B!" Zedd arises, pushes Rito forcibly back, and
stresses, "YOU won't be involved, numbskull!"
At the Command Center, the five triumphant Power Rangers have demorphed, and return to a
less physical battle, one they appear to be losing. Billy checks out the consoles, shakes
his head, and wonders, "Alpha? Have you tried retracing the signal from Tommy's
Communicator?" Alpha 5 admits, "Ay-yi-yi, Billy! It seems that all of our
tracking devices are being blocked." Zordon confirms, "Unfortunately, you are
correct, Alpha. Rita & Zedd are generating a POWERful shield, that is preventing our
signal from getting through." Adam notes distraughtly, "So there's NO way to get
to Tommy." Aisha adds with equal dismay, "Or even find out where he is!"
Elsewhere, in that dark & misty cavern dimension, Tommy slowly regains consciousness,
groaning as he begins looking around, his vision blurry. It starts to come into focus,
revealing to him Goldar's ugly gold & blue noggin, gloating, "Uhh-huh-ha! Time to
wake up, White Ranger! Ahehehehe! YOU have a date with destiny! Nuhh-hahahaehehe!"
Tommy's reflexes are sluggish, he's too groggy to react thanks to the knockout spell.
Suddenly, the Mustang Convertible (aka, the Kat-Mobile) glows with a bluish tint, before
vanishing from reality altogether (that poor dumpster died, so that Tommy might live).
Tommy is flung to the floor once the driver's seat dematerializes, the jolt from hitting
the ground is enough to smack him back to full consciousness. Tommy hops back to his
fight, pants repeatedly, and gets in a fighting stance. He demands to know, "Alright,
Goldar. Where's Katherine?!" Nearby, on a rock, near a marble pillar, a tiny hologram
projection image of Rita Repulsa flickers to life. Her wicked laugh stirs Tommy, gaining
his attention. Rita's full-body hologram image asks facetiously, "Ahahaha! Well,
well, WELL, Tommy! Did we have a NICE nap?" Tommy demands again, "What've you
DONE with her?!" Rita replies, "Nothing YOU need to worry about!" Goldar
concurs, "YEAH!" The evil sorceress remarks with bemused glee, "After all,
what would KIMMIE think?! You spending SO much time worrying about another GIRL!
Hahahah!" Tommy is noticeably uncomfortable as she implies his unfaithfulness,
turning to threats, "You CAN'T do this, Rita! I won't let you." He turns to the
camera, puts his hand around his back, and shouts, "It's MORPHIN Time!" Tommy
calls upon the White Ranger Power, and morphs instantly into his white, gold, and black
suit of spandex & armor. The White Ranger poses viciously, uhhyaahing and warning,
"For the LAST time, tell me where she is!" Rita's hologram snubs her nose,
bidding haughtily, "Well! Gotta run! I'VE got a city to destroy! Hahaha!" The
projection ceases, and Goldar steps up, boasting, "Take a look around! You're in NO
position to be making threats, White Ranger. Ahehe!" Tommy pants deeply, his stancing
growing into more of a defensive one, as he realizes the henchmonster is correct.
Back at the Command Center, Billy's toiling at the consoles pays off, as he eagerly states
with a smile, "Guys! I think i've got 'em. He should be coming up on the Viewing
Globe." Kim clutches Billy's arm happily, and bounces over to the Globe, standing in
front to witness the transmission. She breathlessly notices, "Oh no, Goldar. Billy,
can you get him out of there?!" Billy laments negatively, "We don't have the
power to teleport through Rita & Zedd's shield." On the Viewing Globe, Goldar
& the White Ranger begin circling one another around the misty-floored cave. Rocky
wonders, "What's he DOing with him?!" Adam adds confusedly, "And where's
that girl!?" Aisha figures, "I BET Rita's trying to keep Tommy out of the way,
so we won't be at full strength." Zordon confirms, "I believe you are correct,
Aisha. As for Tommy's companion, my sensors cannot locate her, anywhere." The Globe
shows Tommy getting into what appears to be an attack position, but neither he nor Goldar
are doing much but taunting each other. Adam questions, "Billy, can you figure out a
way to get through that shield?" Billy replies affirmatively, "Yeah, I think so.
Come with me to my lab. Anything that I have that's gonna help us-- it's gonna be
there." In the cavern dimension, White Ranger poses some more, remarking,
"Alright, you gold monkey, this is it! Time to give it your BEST shot!" Goldar
snarls, and does just that, attacking Tommy with a down-slash of his sword. White Ranger
ducks, then throws a tornado kick at him, which misses, but allows him to toss another
kick from the side. Goldar blocks both, and tries to sword-swipe again, only to have Tommy
deflect the blow, slap the blade away, and throw a punch. The henchmonster blocks the
hero's jab, and knocks his arm away, sending the White Ranger spinning around briefly. He
regains his composure just as Goldar throws a weak kick at him, which he blocks, then
returns, which is blocked. Tommy throws his hand at Goldar's head, in a sort of claw, but
the evil space alien just leans back to avoid it. White Ranger then tries to backhand
Goldar, but misses. Goldar slashes at him, but Tommy ducks, popping back up and getting
slammed in the helmet by Goldar's right wing! The monster tries to jab at him with his
blade-handle, White Ranger blocks it, then attempts a footsweep, which Goldar jumps over.
Speaking of jumping, Tommy then leaps over, and launches himself off the surface of a
bolder, allowing him to pull off a falling-sideways drop-kick. Unfortunately, Goldar
blocks the attack with his sword, though still stumbles back from the force. He grunts,
and vows mightily, "Your efforts are futile! You will NEVER win!"
Up on the Moon Palace Balcony, Rita continues petting PC, while gazing into her
Repulsascope, witnessing the fight. She turns away from the view, and comments,
"Poor, little Tommy. I'll really miss him... NOT!" Squatt & Baboo suddenly
come rushing up the steps. While Squatt fidgets & murmurs excitedly, Baboo informs
Rita, "My Queen! Billy & Adam have left the Command Center, and are headed
towards Billy's house!" Rita smiles, but it fades when she thinks to ask, "Are
they alone!?" Baboo confirms, "Well, YES, Empress! It would be a PERfect time to
initiate your Plan B, huh? Well, it WOULD!" Squatt grunts in agreement. Rita smiles
again, still rubbing the human-turned-cat's white fur in contemplation. She wanders over
to the edge of the balcony, approaches her Magic Wand, mentions to PC, "Yeah... Well,
my little feline. The TIME has come!" Rita lowers the rounded top of her Magic Wand
against the cat, causing the red orb within to sprout a stream of orange electricity. The
feline is engulfed, the energies shaping into the cat-creature face as PC is teleported
away, leaving Rita laughing, "Haha haw haw!" Down on Earth, PC teleports onto a
patch of grass in the park. Seconds later, she surges with a burst of inner orange
electricity again, this time turning into a humanoid-sized orange-furred cat monster!
She's got bushy ears like a fox, a brownish mask-face, and a VERY long tail that wraps
around her shoulders, plus greyish body armor, and of course, breasts (though oddly, only
two! What kind of cat has only two teats?!). The cat creature meows hissingly, obviously
sounding like Katherine herself. Let's call her, because "cat monster" is too
dull and nothing else was ever given or implied, "Katastrophe."
So, just around the corner, power-walking casually along on a deserted suburban sidewalk,
Billy & Adam keep a brisk pace. Billy remarks, "I just hope I have all the
correct components at my lab." Suddenly, they regret not teleporting when Katastrophe
springs out of the bushes, reerowing viciously. She lands in front of the two teens,
offering, "How about a little game of CAT and mouse?!" Billy looks at the camera
and leads the motion, "It's Morphin' Time!" Black & Blue Rangers are morphed
into action, making their emergence in a double leap-kick. Katastrophe howls, leaps up
after them, grabs their legs, and paws them away (notice her armpits are tearing at the
seams). Both Rangers slam into the trunks of separate trees, plopping to the ground in
winded heaps. They struggle back to their feet, with Black Ranger quipping, "That's
ONE sure-footed feline!" Katastrophe taunts, "You're not scaredy cats, are
you?!" Blue Ranger urges, "Let's GET her!", and throws a high kick at her,
which she ducks. Adam tries a kick, but she blocks it, then spins around in such a way to
allow her orange tail to whip into his chest, causing him to flip over in a sparking
flash. The cat creature pulls a similar move with Billy, adding a couple of scratches into
his blue & white chest to make sure he goes down. Adam cries out his partner's name,
prompting Katastrophe to purr, "Now it's YOUR turn!" Black Ranger footsweeps at
her, but the cat creature cartwheels over the attack. He then tries a direct punch, but
she deflects it, then spins around for a tail-lash, followed by a kick to his backend.
Black Ranger staggers forward, stumbling onto the sidewalk by Blue Ranger's feet. Billy
asks concerned, "Adam, are you okay?", to which he answers, "Fine!"
Katastrophe screeches and meows constantly during the whole fight, motioning her paws
intimidatingly. Blue Ranger notes, "She's one tough alley-cat!" Black Ranger
points out the obvious, "We CAN'T do this on our own. We need the others!" Billy
concurs, lifting his left wrist and announcing into it, "Right! You guys, this is
Billy. We got ambushed by one of Rita & Zedd's monsters. We need your help!"
At the Command Center, Rocky replies, "We read you, Billy. We're on our way!"
Hey, anyone notice Zordon didn't alert them to the cat monster? That's a sign right there
that she's not really some evil space entity. Anyway, Kim & Aisha worriedly look to
Rocky, who proclaims, "Let's do it, guys. It's MORPHIN' time!" The trio morph
into the Pink, Yellow, and Red Power Rangers. Immediately, all five Rangers are posing
mightily in a group together at the sidewalk battlesite. Katastrophe quips, "The
whole LITTER!" Red Ranger commands, "Okay, teamwork guys!", the whole team
crying out a simultaneous kiaa as they race forth. Katastrophe ducks under Rocky's kick,
and then moves on to hop over the side-by-side flipping attack of Yellow & Pink
Rangers. Her catwalk comes to a close when she encounters Blue & Black Rangers, who
give her a double-kick in the gut, payback for earlier. She staggers back, allowing Kim
& Aisha to leap into the air, flipping, and aiming their fists into her back. She mews
out a groan from the double-strike, leaving herself open for another black & bluing by
Adam & Billy. They jump and twirl in the air together, landing swift simultaneous
kicks into her chest again. Rocky leaps a scissor-kick into Katastrophe, sending her
flying onto the pavement, bruising her tail. The cat creature recovers, faces the
regrouped Rangers, and vows, "This game isn't over YET. NEXT time I won't pussyfoot
around!" Katastrophe claws her paws in the air, trailing orange energy, before her
whole body surges with it, teleporting her away in a flash. Rocky laments, "NO! She
got away!" Billy mentions, "Adam and I better get back to my lab if we want to
find Tommy." Kim figures, "We should get back to the Command Center. He might
try to contact us." Red Ranger stresses, "Let's bring Tommy home, guys!"
The team agrees in unison, "Right!" Rocky orders, "Let's go!",
prompting him and the two females to rush off together. Blue Ranger asks his partner,
"Ready, Adam?" Black Ranger beats the dead horse, "Let's DO it!",
before they both race in a different direction.
Up on the moon, Rita Repulsa peers through her Repulsascope, not liking what she just saw
one iota. She angrily expresses frustration, before turning around and shouting,
"Ooo! Oooh! Rito, WHERE are you?! Wake UP!" Over in the corner of the room, Rito
Revolto is standing with his head slumped over, getting that afternoon nap that he planned
on in part 1. The sound of his annoyed sister's voice snaps the skeletal soldier out of
his slumber, groggily shaking & rubbing his head while replying in a daze, "Huh?!
What?! What-what, what's goin' on? W-where's the fire?!" Lord Zedd sits on his
throne, complaining, "They're WORTHless. Neither Goldar, nor that cat, have been able
to complete their mission." Rito offers excitedly, "Ooh! Oh-oh! Let me
help!" Rita swipes her hand at him, shouting, "Well, DO it, already!" Rito
swipes his hands back, whining, "Okay, FINE! SOME people. You offer to HELP, and they
just go OFF on ya." He turns and exits through the back passageway, the one with
Rita's Planetoid hovering in the sky. Zedd arises, prophetically scoffing, "Rito
helping Goldar?! Hahahaha! What an amusing thought. Although, maybe together they finally
WILL finally DESTROY the White Ranger!"
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In the misty cavern, Goldar grabs White Ranger's arm, and flips his whole body over. He
then asks, "Are you ready to surrender YET?!" Tommy struggles back to his feet,
reminding him, "You know me better than THAT, Goldar!" Suddenly, Rito pops into
the cave behind the Ranger, waving his bonesword wildly, and remarking, "A-ha! I
don't know ya, will you surrender to ME?" White Ranger denies, "NEVER!"
Goldar & Rito slash at Tommy with their swords at the exact same time. He dodges
between the two, kicks at Rito, blocks a kick by Goldar, punches at Rito, block another
Goldar blow, punches Rito again, then gets sucker-kicked in the back by Goldar! White
Ranger stumbles across the cave, collapsing wearily against a large boulder. Rito puts his
hands in the air and cheers, and Goldar gloats, "Dah-hee! It's ALL over now!"
White Ranger snaps his head back, and states, "DON'T count your chickens before they
hatch, Goldar." He quickly then unsheathes his trusty (and lately very rarely used)
white & gold enchanted saber, named Saba! Tommy twirls Saba in the air, and poses with
mighty uhyaahs. Goldar growls as he takes a slash at the oncoming White Ranger, but Tommy
ducks, engages in a little swordplay with Rito, does the same with Goldar, locks blades
with Rito, then kicks the skeletal soldier in the back. Despite knocking Rito away, White
Ranger is left open for two rapid kicks in the chest by Goldar, causing him to doubleback
in pain. Goldar slashes at him, but Tommy blocks the sword with Saba, the two eventually
locking blades. The bitter rivals come literally face to face, as Goldar wonders,
"WHY do you continue to fight, White Ranger? Be smart. Join forces with US!"
Tommy struggles to break free, scoffing, "Me? Join forces with evil? NEVER!" He
repositions his saber around, trying to break out of the blade-lock with an underswing,
but he miscalculates his momentum, and Saba goes flying across the cave! White Ranger
cries out Saba's name as the enchanted saber lands perfectly on that boulder from earlier.
Goldar seems stunned to have relieved him of his weapon, and just stands there in a daze,
allowing Tommy to shove him aside and dive for his saber. White Ranger falls to the misty
floor, sprawled out, and is just about to grab Saba, when Rito steps on his left wrist!
Rito grinds his heel into the Ranger's arm sadistically, boasting, "What's the
matter, LOSE somethin'?!"
At the Command Center, Rocky, Aisha & Kim observe the Viewing Globe, possibly
witnessing the battle. Aisha sighs, and stresses, "We've GOT to get him outta
there." Kim worriedly locks her fingers together, as if praying. Rocky also sighs,
before pressing his Communicator, and asking, "Billy, this is Rocky, do you
read?!" At Billy's garage-turned-laboratory, Billy is busily using a laser-drill to
fuse some circuits on a small microchip board. He ceases this, lifts his arm, and replies,
"I read you, Rocky." Rocky's voice wonders, "How's it goin' over
there?" Billy, safety goggles on his forehead, admits, "We're STILL having
trouble finding the right interrupt frequency. We're still working on it." Adam,
safety goggles also on his forehead, plays assistant, walking back and forth carrying
things. In the cavern dimension, the White Ranger is pushed around by Goldar, who gives
him a kick to the chest, as Rito anxiously awaits in the background. When Tommy staggers
back enough, Rito ambushes him, holding his bonesword across the Ranger's chest as he
holds him in place, "YeHA! I GOT 'em, Goldy!" Goldar threatens, "Darghh!
Since you REFUSE to listen to reason, I guess I have no choice... but to DESTROY
you!" White Ranger ceases struggling against the cackling skeletal soldier's grip,
instead motioning two-fingers against his helmet with his one free hand. Goldar suddenly
turns around, and watches in snarling confusion as Saba slowly levitates off the boulder,
being mentally summoned by Tommy! He calls out to his saber, grunting, "Saba! I NEED
ya, buddy!" Saba has a little trouble getting off the ground, but once hovering high
enough, he jets across the cave, and lands in White Ranger's free hand smoothly. Tommy
uses his saber to deflect a sword-slash by Goldar, and says to the sentient blade,
"Yeah! I knew you could do it!" White Ranger heaves Rito off of him, then uses
Saba to counter-strike both Goldar & Rito's swords before they can even think of
attempting to slash at him. He finishes it all off with a fierce Saber-wielding pose.
At Billy's lab, said Ranger teen uses an electric wrench on that microchip board for just
a moment. He then lifts it up, plucks its wires out, and notes to his assistant, "GOT
it!" They both pull off their goggles, with Adam commending, "Good job,
Billy!" Billy urges, "C'mon", as they both then press their Communicators,
teleporting away in streaks of black & blue. Inside the Command Center, Kim continues
appearing intensely worried for her boyfriend, when the teleporting Ranger teens arrive.
They pause to look at the Viewing Globe, but Kim eagerly motions, "Hurry,
Billy!" He grabs her arm for some reason, then wanders over to one of the front
console areas, and remarking, "Let's hope this works." On the Viewing Globe, the
transmission of the battle in the smokey cave continues, showing White Ranger sandwiched
between Rito & Goldar. The Evil Space Aliens beat the crap out of Tommy, knocking him
toward the camera, despite his saber-wielding prowess. Billy opens up the console, and
places the micro-board into the internal wiring, causing it to shimmer with energy. Kim
echoes herself, "Hurry, Billy!" Billy closes the console, presses a few random
buttons with a smile on his face, and looks toward the Globe, exclaiming, "I got the
coordinates!" Zordon commends him, "Good work, Billy." Billy joins his
teammates near the Globe, anxiously awaiting any signs of success. Adam asks, "But
WILL we be able to get Tommy and that girl out?" Billy replies, "We won't know
unless we try," commenting confused, "I don't even SEE that girl!" Zordon
informs them, "We've penetrated the shield and locked on to the coordinates. But
without sufficient power, Tommy, OR his companion, could be lost in the Morphin' Grin,
forever." Kimberly somberly notes, "And if we don't try, this could be the end
of both of them."
In the cavern, White Ranger is knocked against the jagged-rocked wall, completely drained
and exhausted from constant battle. He braces himself against it and groans aloud,
allowing Rito & Goldar to regroup behind him. Goldar boasts, "You know what they
say, White Ranger. Revenge is sweet!" Saba speaks to Tommy (for one of the last
times), lamenting with his eyes glowing red, "White Ranger, i'm afraid i've failed
you. I can see NO way out of our present situation!" Tommy encouraged his enchanted
saber, "Don't lose your faith YET, Saba." Rito & Goldar begin to walk toward
the weary White Ranger, as Goldar goads, "Not even Zordon himSELF could save you
now!" At the Command Center, we lose a bit of exposition, as Kimberly suddenly
mentions, "I KNOW it's risky, but we don't have a choice." Billy gropes her arm
again, and confirms, "You're right," before asking the team, "Is everybody
ready?" Adam gives a vague nod, but nobody says a word, Rocky & Aisha appearing
quite hesitant about the whole ordeal. Kim gets into position between Rocky & Adam,
when Aisha states, "Wait! He's gonna need all the help he can get." (what the
heck is she talking about?! Why wasn't she going to help them at first? I get the feeling
something BIG was cut between scenes, likely involving the possibility that using their
spiritually tied Ranger powers to help give the teleportational system a boost could
result in physical danger to themselves.) She takes Rocky's hand, who takes Kim's hand,
who takes Adam's hand. Billy presses a few buttons, then walks over, closing the circle by
taking Adam & Aisha's hands. Alpha looks on, as their connected hands begin to crackle
& glow with teleportational-colored streaks of light (each of their right hands being
their own Ranger color, and their left being the other person's). Back in the cavern
dimension, White Ranger nervously glances to his right, as Goldar's sword is jabbing into
the rock beside his head. It suddenly twists, and pulls upward, Goldar towering over the
helpless Tommy, proclaiming, "And now, White Ranger, I say goodbye to you,
FOREVER!" Tommy shields his face as Goldar raises his sword and VERY quickly slashes
downward. Luckily, exactly a split second before the blade can touch him, the White Ranger
vanishes, in what can only be described as an imploding glow of whitish energy (not
similar to the teleportation streak at all). Goldar slices into the misty-floor of the
cave, and baffledly looks around. Rito does the same, shouting, "Hey! He's
gone!" Goldar wonders, "What?! Where'd he go?!" Rito, dumbfounded as ever,
simply responds while looking up and around the roof of the cave, "Duhh, I dunno! He
just kinda disappeared!"
At the Command Center, the five Ranger Teens continue holding hands, with crackling
energies. Suddenly, in the center of their circle, comes the flash of whitish energy,
expanding back to reality, and forming into Tommy, demorphed! He's still crouching and
blocking his face in fear, until he realizes the scene has changed and he's been
mercifully spared. Kim breaks the chain and lunges at her boyfriend with a deep hug,
exclaiming, "Yeah! Ya made it! I'm SO glad you're okay, Tommy." Tommy's at first
quite startled and confused by the quick save, smiling and asking, "How'd ya find
me?!" Adam credits the brainy one, "You should thank Billy." Tommy gives
Billy his 3rd or 4th commending of the day (to which the bashful Blue Ranger nearly
blushes), "Aw, THANKS, man. I really owe ya one." Billy, likely thinking that
Tommy and the whole team owes him quite a many more than just one, merely pats his pal on
the shoulder, and humbly replies, "Hey, i'm always there for you." Tommy
remembers his new pal all of a sudden, and says with urgency, "Oh, no. Katherine! We
have to find her!" Billy breaks the news, "Rita & Zedd must have her. I
haven't been able to locate her position anywhere." Tommy, foolishly appearing as
though he blames himself for getting her into the whole mess, sulks. On the Evil Moon
Palace, Lord Zedd stomps and complains angrily, "Unbelievable! ONE minute, they have
the White Ranger cornered. And the next minute, he's gone! What happened?!" Rita
Repulsa replies with equal rage, "I'LL tell you what happened! YOU got in the way of
MY plan!" Zedd growls facetiously, "Yeahhh?" Rita adds, "Everything
was going just FINE, until you butted your big metal MOUTH in!" The psychotic spouses
snarl at one another, before Zedd demands, "Where's that cat? I'M taking charge
now!" Rita glances around, calling out, "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty!" From
within the cloud of mist & filtered light beneath the spinning fanblade to the side of
the balcony, Katherine marches forth like a zombie. Rita sighs, "Ahh, THERE you
are." Kat faces both of them, nods, and vows in a monotone voice, "Yes, Lord
Zedd. I am here to serve you." Her eyes flash orange, before her entire body flares
with the orange transforming energies again, morphing her into her "Katastrophe"
monster form once more, ferociously meowing, and licking the backs of her paws. Zedd lifts
his Z-Staff and holds it over her head, and remarks, "NOW, it's time to go play
Pounce The Power Rats!" He zaps her with his staff, causing the cat creature to
teleport to Earth. Rita chuckles wickedly. Zedd pumps his red-surging fist in the air,
boasting, "Yes! I'm GOOD, if I DO say so myself!"
Over at the Command Center, the joyous reunion is interrupted by the alarm siren blaring.
Alpha alerts them, "Ay-yi-yi! There's a disturbance in Angel Grove Park! As if we
haven't had ENOUGH trouble today!" The six Ranger Teens face the Viewing Globe, and
witness within it the Katastrophe monster harassing a crowd of people in the park. Tommy
moans, "Oh no!" Adam mentions to Tommy, "SHE looks familiar. She's the one
we had to deal with earlier today." Tommy figures, "Well, I guess we'll have to
deal with her again!" He then leads the charge of "It's Morphin' Time", the
whole team looking toward the camera, yadda yadda, Morphing Sequence, etc. The six Power
Rangers immediately appear in the park, with White Ranger noting the cat creature,
"THERE she is!" Katastrophe turns and bids, "Rarow! So we meet AGAIN!"
Tommy vows, "Alright, you walking furball. This is as FAR as you're gonna get!"
Katastrophe motions her paws, as she scoffs, "And I suppose YOU'RE gonna stop me?!
Angel Grove is just one GIANT scratching post to me, and i'm digging my claws in!" On
the moon balcony, Lord Zedd picks up his staff, and tells his wife, "I've grown WEARY
of this. It's time for the kitty, to become a wildcat!" Rita lifts her Magic Wand,
crossing it with his staff, and the both of them merely grunting loudly as they fire their
combined evil energies toward the Earth. The surge of magic rips through a cloud as bluish
lightning, striking Katastrophe (who is suddenly standing near a factory, instead of in
the middle of the park) perfectly. She grows in the blink of an eye, meowing ferociously
again. The Rangers are taken aback while being confronted by the giant feline terror.
Katastrophe remarks, "It's looks like the PAW is on the other FOOT now,
Rangers!" She reaches down and takes a swipe at our heroes, missing them by a few
feet as they duck. The cat creature tries it again, but White Ranger spots her in time,
shouting, "Look out!" to his teammates. They leap out of the way just before
Katastrophe's claw scrapes into the lawn around them. She gives another roaring meow.
White Ranger notes, "Ahh, Man, we've got to stop this freaky feline, BEFORE she gets
to Angel Grove. Ready? Let's DO it!" All six Power Rangers motion their arms in the
air, trailing energy, as they summon in unison, "We need Ninjazord power...",
all stepping forward and raising their fists in the air, "... NOW!"
All five Ninjazords come racing onto the scene, likely still pumped from the previous
battle. Katastrophe, now wielding a sword, whips it around, and comments, "I guess my
NAP will have to WAIT!" The Ninjazords continue running toward the city, when the cat
creature suddenly notices something in the sky above, snarling, "Hey, who's
THAT?!" Amid the clouds, riding on a cumulous himself, is none other than that Mighty
Mouse-like voiced morphin' mentor himself, Ninjor, exclaiming in singsong,
"Nin-JOR!" The Ninja Megazord transforms completely, with the five Power Rangers
in the cockpit proclaiming, "Ninja Megazord, Battle Mode. Power up, NOW!" In the
middle of the city, the giant Katastrophe slashes her sword at the equally giant Ninjor,
inspiring him to whip out his own saber, block her blade-wielding arm, then give her chest
a few swift slices. Ninjor lowers his saber, then knuckles up, bidding,
"Nighty-nite!" as he punches her in the head! Katastrophe topples to the ground,
screeching painfully. She recovers, vowing gratingly, "I WILL beat you, Ninjor!"
Ninjor clenches his fist, angrily proclaiming, "I canNOT let you win, kitty. Good
MUST prevail." His visor flames-on, and his whole body transforms into Warrior Mode.
Up in the air, inside the White Falconzord cockpit, White Ranger commands, "Initiate
docking sequence... NOW!" The Ninja Megazord awaits the Falconzord's arrive, then
leaps into the air, and links up with it. Tommy appears in the Megazord cockpit at the top
center, and asks, "ALright, you guys ready to do it? Let's FINISH this feline."
The team nods in reassurance to him. Katastrophe howls, as the Ninja MegaFalconzord and
Ninjor in Warrior Mode stand together facing her. Ninjor charges up a concentrated ball of
energy near his golden chest-N, offering, "Okay, you! Try THIS on for size!" He
launches the reddish ball of power at her, striking directly, causing a blast of smoke
& sparks that makes her squeal. The Ninja MegaFalconzord is flying through the air
again, and inside, the Rangers activate, "Falcon Megazord, Power Punch!"
(they've done these things HOW many times, and yet, they've forgotten the proper name?!)
Anyway, the Megazord dive-bombs directly over Katastrophe, the Falcon charging up the Wolf
& Ape fists with added energy. Both glowing fists slam into her at the same time,
sending her screaming high-pitched as she hurls across the city. Katastrophe crawls back
to her feet, screeches a moan, then collapses, exploding massively. In the cockpit, all
six Power Rangers cheer over their victory. The Ninja MegaFalconzord and Ninjor in Warrior
Mode stand amid the smoke & flames, flowering their arms in a triumphant pose. Ninjor
puts it straight in a cocky deep tone, "Oh Y-EAH, we B-AD."
For no reasons ever explained, all six Rangers leap out of the Megazord, demorphing in the
process. They land together in the park, all frantically glancing around and poised for
more battle. The Ranger teens spot something, and rush over to see what it is. Sitting on
the trunk on a bent tree is Katherine, dazed, but perfectly unharmed. Do they know she was
the Katastrophe monster? It's NEVER stated, yet their attitudes in this scene imply that
they do. Kat ignores the rest of the team, staring straight at the leader and sobbing,
"Oh, Tommy, thank GOODness. It was AWFUL! There was this witch, and all these
horrible monsters!" Tommy promises kindly, "You're okay now, Katherine.
Everything's gonna be all right." Kat smiles securely and nods. Up on the moon, Lord
Zedd sits at his throne, tapping his metal-tipped fingers and clutching his Z-Staff, as he
grumbles, "Urgh. It PAINS me to admit it, but this time Rita was RIGHT. That adorable
little Katherine, will prove USEful in the future. Heh heh. QUITE useful."
[commercials]
The six Ranger teens walk along through a field with Katherine, as she relays her story,
finishing it off with, "And the next thing I knew I was back here in the park, and
you guys walked up." Aisha smilingly notes, "After all that, you're REALLY lucky
to be okay." Kat grins, and remarks amused, "I don't wanna EVER go through ANY
thing like that again." (NOBODY makes one mention of her missing Mustang Convertible!
Did Tommy forget, or did she claim she has "interdimensional insurance"?)
Kimberly mentions, "Yeah. We're just glad you're alright, Katherine." The Blonde
Australian urges, "PLEASE, Kim. Call me Kat! ALL my friends back home do!" Kim
smiles and agrees, "'kay!" Adam also smiles, and wonders, "So, Kat, do you
live here, or are you just visiting someone?" Katherine confirms, "Oh, I JUST
moved in! My dad got transferred, so we all packed up and came over with 'em." Billy
looks at Aisha, causing her to smile at Kat, as he comments, "Well, Angel Grove's a
great town. You're really gonna like it here." Aisha concurs, "Yeah." (but
fails to note the constant monster attacks, as she just encountered!) Kat smiles, then
looks at her watch, and informs them, "Oh, well, I'd better be off. I STILL have some
unpacking to do. It was WONderful meeting you all." Tommy offers, "Hey, Kat! If,
ah, if you ever need anything, ya know, just let us know." Kat lovingly stares at
him, nodding in a swooning tone, "I will, Tommy. Thanks." The two girls bid her
"bye," but Katherine just quietly slips away into the park. The six Ranger teens
remain in the same spot, grinning like goons. Kimberly finally remarks, "She's really
sweet. I LOVE her accent!" Aisha nods in agreement, and Rocky notes, "Yeah,
she's REALLY cool." Adam gives us a timeframe of what time of year this episode takes
place, as he mentions, "It'll be great when she starts school in the fall."
Aisha clasps her hands together, and beams, "Oh, I KNOW!" Tommy grunts,
"That'll be cool." Glancing across the lawn, Aisha spots her beloved white cat,
lounging around! She calls out in disbelief, "P.C.! I've been looking EVERYwhere for
you! I can't believe she made it this far!" Kim is agape, gasping and moaning
high-pitched in adoring admiration for the cuddily feline. The team heads over to PC, with
Aisha cautiously picking her up, lovingly saying things like, "Oh, come here, baby.
Hi, PC. Hey there, baby. Yeah. Oh, come here." She picks the hefty cat up in her
arms, where she's gropingly petted Rocky, Kimberly, and Tommy at the same time. Aisha
promises, "I am NEVER gonna let you outta my sight!" The Ranger teens chuckle
lightly. Kim calls the stray a, "preety keety." PC is bounced around in Aisha's
arms, and ends the episode by making her cat-eyes glow an evil shade of green. The moral
of the story? Cats have nine lives, but that doesn't mean they can't lead a double life!
[end credits]
_END CREDITS SCENE:_
Bulk & Skull, still in their Junior Police Patrol uniforms, still wearing white gloves
& orange vests from last episode's EC scene, pant breathlessly as they stagger through
the park. They've been chasing after PC since that same scene, it seems. The two wheeze in
near-unison, Skull being drug along by Bulk, who urges, "Come on!" They both
grunt and groan, having been led on quite a long chase. Once downhill far enough into the
park, they pause. Bulk calls out between gasps for breath, "Here, kitty kitty!"
Skull shouts, "HEY KITTY!!!" Katastrophe answers their call, yelping,
"Me-YOW!" Bulk notices her first, gasping, then jabbing his elbow in Skull's
chest and pointing her out, "Hey!" The Feline Menace (standing in the spot we
saw her teleport to Earth in earlier) purrs, "Hullo, boys! Looking for ME?!"
Bulk & Skull scream in terror, clenching their hands like claws, before collapsing. As
they've got a grasp on one another, both of the bumbling duo topple backwards together,
the two passing out from both fright and exhaustion.
