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Today, a rerun of episode 5 played first, followed by episode 11.

In episode 11:

• A fiery background was put behind and the inside the eyes of the Mr. Ticklesneezer doll just as Rita speaks her first lines of the episode.
• A pink "SPLOOSH!" was added when bulk gets squirted in the face by Billy's volcano
• A pink "Spit!" was added to Bulk spitting on Skull.
• A yellow "KRAK!" was added to Jason breaking the cement plate with his hand.
• A tan "KRAK?" was added to Bulk failing to chop the cake with his hand.
• A red "KICK!" was added to the Red Ranger kicking a Putty in the head.
• A pink speeding "Zip!" was added to the Pink Ranger's cartwheel when fighting the Putties.
• A black smacking "BOP" was added to the Black Ranger punching out a Putty.
• A pink hearts background was added to the Pink Ranger catching Mr. Ticklesneezer's bottle.
• A blue background with white stars and yellow arrows was added to the Blue and Yellow Rangers jumping into battle.
• Rain clouds pouring rain were added to Goldar, Squatt, and Baboo retreating.
• A brand new flashy background was added to the Megazord Tank Mode's assembly when its name appeared at the bottom of the screen.

First appearance of Ms. Appleby.

Zack's hobby is surfing? I thought for sure that he'd be break dancing instead.

If Kim weren't wearing that belt, her shirt would've fallen down while doing that handstand.

The exterior of Trini's house looks a LOT like the house of Nick Martin from The Adventures of McGee and Me.

When Billy and Trini are sucked into the bottle, they seem to lose all courage and become utter cowards. Couldn't they at least morph and try to break out of the bottle using their weapons?

When Kim says "I'm amazed at how many years of training it takes to do this without hurting yourself," about Jason chopping the cement plate, you can SO tell that this line was added in to keep kids from trying to same thing on their own.

Goldar had his wings when he retreated! A pre-Zedd episode where he had his wings!

The Megazord looked absolutely ridiculous and silly when it got sucked into the bottle. And when it's trapped inside the bottle, the small model used for it doesn't look like any of the old Bandai figures (Megazord or Daizyujin versions), so it must've been a unique model.

For once the Rangers actually did something smart by attacking Rita directly with the Megazord using the bottle against her.

Are you slaggin' kidding me?!! The whole episode was nothing but a DREAM?!!! How pathetic can you get?!!!

Heh. "Farkas and Eugene." Heh, heh.

Yesterday, a rerun of episode 6 played first, followed by episode 12.

In episode 12:

• A red "Crash!" was added to Skull being pushed down by Trini.
• A smacking "KLANG!" was added to bulk smacking his head into a pole, followed by several smacking "POP!"s added to him falling into a box of balloons.
• The most absurd background describing Skull's full name, "weapons" ("Whiny laugh") and "Zord" ("Mega Bootlicker") was added to Skull getting back up and looking mad.
• A splashing "SPLOOSH!" was added to Skull's head landing in the cake maker.
• A golden background was added to the Knasty Knight's debut just before the commercial break.
• A fireworks background was added to the Knasty Knight jumping towards Zack.
• A "Black Ranger" background was added to the Black Ranger posing with his weapon, followed by another background added to him jumping to attack.
• A laser background was added to the Rangers posing with their Blade Blasters.
• The same sun background from the theme song was added to the Megazord's mid-transformation to Battle Mode.

"Cake-O-Matic"... Do I even have to ask? And that cake mix it's spewing out looks more like soap.

Ernie: "I hate machines." Reminds me of Captain Fanzone from Transformers Animated.

Are they allowed to casually talk about Batman and Gotham City on TV like this? Aren't they copyrighted or something?

Not only is Kim a terrible liar, but she's pretty cold with that poodle story.

The lights coming out of Squatt's camera when its "out of control" are colored like the other four rangers. Did a Zyuranger plot try to sneak in at this point?

Zordon's voice sounds different, and he again makes the Morphing Grid sound like a ripoff of the Force from Star Wars.

Everyone but the Pink Ranger summoned their zords, yet hers came anyway.

The lines "Megazord sequence has been initiated," and "Megazord activated!" were not spoken in this episode.

Rita: "Great galaxy gas!" Who writes this stuff?!

What is that song played at the end?

Yesterday, reruns of BOTH episodes 7 and 8 played. No new episodes aired.

EDIT on March 13, 2010:
Today, reruns of episodes 9 and 10 played.

EDIT on March 20, 2010:
Today, reruns of episodes 11 and 12 played. I'm hoping htat next week the new episodes will start up again.

Today, another rerun of episode 12 played... followed by episode 13! FINALLY! A new episode to watch!

In episode 13:

• Bubbling red hearts and a zipping blue dove were added to Zack's sarcastic kiss to Jason
• A putty's head and a sharp glowing background were added to the head of the first clown we see in the episode
• A dripping yellow "Plip!", "Plip!", "Plop!" and "SPLAT!" nailed Bulk and Skull in the head with each egg dropped on their heads.
• A collapsing red "BOOM!" was placed over the civilian Rangers's human pyramid falling down
• A smacking white and red "KICK!" was added to Kim kicking a Putty with a carnival ride seat.
• A red "KRAK!" was added to Jason kicking a Putty.
• A smacking "BIFF!" was added to Zack grabbing the Putty that rammed into him.
• A smacking pink "SNAP!" was added to Kim kicking another Putty
• A pink, red, blue, and black background was added to the Rangers's battle pose right after they morph.

Billy seemed all too eager to try egg-juggling.

How does Rita know the name of the little girl? She only has a telescope that can look down on the Earth. She doesn't have any method of hearing what is being spoken down there from way up on the Moon!

Rita: "Finster, don't blow it this time." - surprisingly that line was actually perfectly synced up to Bandora's lip movement. :shocked:

From behind, Pineapple the Clown looks kinda like a non-short, blonde Mario.

Billy, a middle-class high school student, has a device in his garage that might be able to change a cardboard cutout into a living, breathing, human being. ... ... ... ...WHAT?!!! I don't care even if it's because he's a Power Ranger, no person would ever have the money or the technology to pull off that kind of miracle!!! And without the use of magic! He would have be some kind of god or whatever.

Jason mentions Rita's name in a megaphone as though everyone knows who she is, which causes everyone in the carnival to panic and flee in terror. How do they know who Rita is? Seriously! She never made her presence known to the general public, yet there are news reports mentioning her and now this. EXPLAIN!!!

When Zack fights the Putty that rammed into him, there's a point where you can see a glare reflecting on the camera lens.

Trini: "So what is it, Alpha? What's wrong with her?" - SHE'S A CARDBOARD CUTOUT!!! THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER!!!
Alpha: "The analysis shows that the only critical thing she's missing is H2O. You know, water." - Come on! Turning into cardboard cutouts is NOT what happens when a person is dehydrated!

Alpha is absolutely terrible at stealth. If he doesn't want to be seen, he should trying shutting off his loud, obviously noticeable voice!

Man, Pineoctopus's voice and dialogue couldn't be more cliche if all his lines were changed to just, "I'm evil! I kill you! I'm evil! I kill you!"

The zords are fighting individually! And are actually doing pretty well! And the Megazord's Tank Mode did some damage too! And the Megazord actually finished off the monster without needing its sword! This was actually a pretty cool zord battle sequence. The usual giant monster fight has the five zords forming the Megazord quickly and taking out the monster with its sword, with the whole fight being very brief. Here, the individual zords got some action, utilizing their individual weapons to immobilize the monster, followed by the Megazord Tank Mode inflicting some damage, with the Megazord to finish it off with a non-sword secondary attack. Way to be creative for once. My hat's off to this fight sequence.

Wait a sec. Rita said that that carnival was a fake, which means that we can presume it was created by her. So why did it not disappear after her plans were thwarted?

This past Saturday, something very unexpected occurred. A rerun of episode 13 played... followed by episode 17!!!

Episode 17! Do you know what this means?!! It means that the moment several of us having been waiting for has come at an earlier time than we thought. Because episode 17 is "Green With Evil, Part 1 - Out of Control".

So, Are you ready to experience the 2010 redone version of the 5-part Evil Green Ranger debut episode? Let's dive in and see what they did.

In episode 17:

• A green aura blur was added to Tommy's moves in his first appearance.
  Bubbling hearts were added behind Kimberly when she called Tommy cute.
• Lots of black lines, Japanese characters, a "YA", a "woosh", a "Flip", and a "BOOM" were spread all throughout the tournament fight between Jason and Tommy.
• A red aura and a dino roar were added to Jason's final blow to Tommy.
• Pink flowers and fireworks were added to Kim watching Tommy walk off.
• Black lines and a green aura were added to Tommy seeing Putties for the first time, and this was repeated after the commercial break.
• More Japanese characters that turned into a "BAM!" and a "CRUNCH!" were added to Tommy's first Putty fight.
• A green background and a sort of "comic panel"-type border were added to Tommy's first becoming of the Green Ranger.
• Another "comic panel"-type border was added in and the background was blurred out right after the Rangers morphed and posed.
• A background featuring the Megazord's Tank Mode was added to the Rangers first summoning their zords.
• New Zord logos featuring their names, colors, assigned Rangers, and Power Coin logos were added to each of the Zords's appearings. Same goes for the Megazord Tank Mode (but still nothing for Battle Mode).
• Another "comic panel"-type border and a "glaring effect" were added to the Green Ranger entering the Megazord's control room.
• Another "comic panel"-type border and a green background were added to the Green Ranger laughing right before the last commercial break.

Kim sure has an interest in Tommy, yet she's the one who dumps him later on in Zeo.

Tommy seriously just showed off his moves to scare off Bulk and Skull. Did Jason ever think of doing that?

Did Rita seriously spout gibberish just to cast a spell?

We can clearly tell that that is Burai's corpse and not Tommy's body. Burai's face and clothes are still visible despite being hidden by the shadows.

The Green Ranger has a different shield in all American footage than the shield he has in all Zyuranger footage. This is already well known, but it doesn't hurt to repeat it.

Zordon and Alpha just had to pick that particular moment for each take a rest.

We get a really good look at a Captain Golem Hei (the lead Golem Hei footsoldiers in Zyuranger) in this episode.

Before breaking that mountaintop with his sword, why was Goldar doing absolutely nothing as a giant?

Goldar: "Prepare to feel the wrath of Rita Repulsa!" - um, you're Goldar, not Rita.

When the Green Ranger knocked the other Rangers out of the Megazord's head, he jumped out with them. Why didn't he stay inside the Megazord to use some of its weapons against them?

The Green Ranger totally used a Kamehameha against the other Rangers.

"We're doomed" - LOL

A rerun of episode 17 played today. followed by episode 18.

Time to dive in to the second chapter of the evil Green Ranger miniseries! this is "Green With Evil, Part 2 - Jason's Battle".

In episode 18:

• Jason David Frank's credit as Tommy and a glimpse of the Dragonzord rising from the sea were added to the theme song and will likely remain from here onward. Also ,the end of the theme song was changed fro mending on the Megazord's pose to a pose of the five Rangers without the giant "GO! GO!" letters.
• The flashback of Finster describing the Sword of Darkness was zoomed out and given a new border frame.
• (Not sure if this is new, but) a green aura flash was added to Tommy's upward kick to a Putty
• (Again, not sure if this is new, but) another green aura flash was added to Tommy knocking down a Putty and slamming it to the ground.
• (Again, not sure if this is new, but) Tommy's fist was glowing green when he was staring at it.
• Tommy's aerial split was paused and given a comic-type panel background
• (Again, not sure if this is new, but) Tommy's body and the sword were glowing green when he was swinging the sword upon earning it.
• A big diagonal ( and humorous) "BETRAYED!" was placed over Tommy's zapping of Jason to Rita's Dark Dimension.
• An image of the five Rangers, with the Red Ranger crossed out, was added to Tommy saying "One down, four to go."
• Shiny lines were added to the close up of Goldar holding Jason's morpher.
• Red sparkles and a red glow to the bar in the background were added to Jason looking determined to beat Goldar.
• White flashes were added to the background of Goldar a few seconds after the above edit.
• Green shockwaves on the ground, two orange "BOOM"s, and some Japanese characters were added to the Green Ranger letting the other Rangers "feel the power of the Sword of Darkness!"
• The same changes to the summoning of the Zords as episode 17 were performed in this episode.

Is there some kind of aquarium inside the Command Center?

I'm actually surprised that they didn't consider the Green Ranger to be working for Rita sooner. Before, the Rangers would put the blame of any and all problems that they dealt with on Rita. Now, the Green Ranger shows up and they're like, "What's this guy's deal?" and it's not until later that they're like, "Oh wait! Maybe he works for Rita!"

Evil Tommy sure does a bad job at hiding his evil personality. He should at least pretend to not be evil.

I understand that Goldar telling Jason that his morpher might work inside the Dark Dimension was a way of taunting him, but still! By telling him that, that gave Jason a clue as to how he could stand a better chance.

Do all the Rangers have a set of keys for the RADBUG? Or does Billy just always leave the keys inside. If it's the latter, that's not a very wise thing to do.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Goldar is psychotic in this episode!

The four Rangers only summon their zords, yet, the Tyrannosaurus is present for the combination sequences. how could it have been summoned without the Red Ranger? Yet, I gotta admit, summoning the Megazord to face the (human-sized) Green Ranger was a pretty smart move.

Oh, now Goldar purposely drops the morpher. Again, I get that it was to taunt Jason, but now he's given Jason an even better chance since Goldar no longer holds the morpher.

Duke of Luns wrote:This thread's kinda got me nostalgic for the overall vibe of Power Rangers. Luckily, Linkara(from "That Guy With The Glasses" site) is actually doing a retrospective! Thought it would be welcome if I posted it here:

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/hopr

Part 2 actually IS up, but it's on Linkara's site(Atop the Fourth Wall) http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/

Don't know when part 3 will be up, but I'm eagerly awaiting it. I'm interested on his thoughts on Masked Rider. I remember watching parts 2 and 3 of the crossover(I will Youtube them up in the next couple days) and thought it was okay, but I only saw a couple eps. of the TV show and wasn't all that impressed back in the day.

I am a fan of TGWTG.com and am aware of Linkara's look-back at the series. Did not know that he had part 2 up on his site, though. Thank you so much for telling me and now I shall go view it with glee.

EDIT:
Forgot to mention something.

When Finster talks about the origins of the Sword of Darkness, he mentions the Dark Warrior: the Monster of the Day from episode 16. Except that this episode was excluded from the 2010 rebroadcast, so the Dark Warrior remains a mystery to those who've never seen the original episodes.

Today, a rerun of episode 18 played, followed by... a rerun of episode 2!!! SHIMATTA!!!

Saturday's episodes were more reruns. Episodes 3 and 4.

What is going on here?! They can't just stop right in the middle of the Evil Green Ranger mini-series and go back to reruns! That's bogus!

SentinelA wrote:I recently watched an early early episode of Power Rangers and it didn't have any new special effects. What it did have was the ability to confound me into why I ever watched the show (other than having a boner for the pink ranger)

I said the same thing when I started this rewatch. However, Linkara of ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com (known for his Atop the Fourth Wall comic review series) recently has begun a new series called "History of Power Rangers", in which he takes a look back at every Power Rangers series and gives a "serious analysis" of each of them. As of this typing, he has completed the first three Mighty Morpni seasons and it moving on to Zeo next. And after watching these videos so far, he's making me really want to watch these old series again, in spite of what ever cheesiness may have occurred in this show.

Okay, we're finally getting things back on track here. Last week, two more reruns aired, but thankfully, they were episodes 17 and 18: the first two parts of the Evil Green Ranger miniseries.

And now today, another rerun of episode 18 played, finally followed by episode 19!

And now, let's dive in to the third part of the evil Green Ranger miniseries! This is "Green With Evil, Part III - The Rescue".

In episode 19:

• Various golden effects and a comic panel-type background were added to Scorpina's debut
• A vertical "Slice" that split apart some Japanese characters was added to Goldar's sword nearly hitting Jason's head.
• A Super Saiyan-esque red aura was added to Jason getting up and screaming at Goldar
• A little red explosion and an image of Jason's Power Coin colored in red were added to Jason preparing his battle stance after kicking Goldar down.
• A red squishing "SMOOCH" and a red lips print were added to Skull accidentally kissing Bulk's cheek
• A purple comic panel-type background and the word "Putties" were added to the Putties' entrance and was used as a bumper for the proceeding commercial break.
• Something called a "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers DANCE OFF (between Billy and Zack) was added right after the commercial break ended. It involved some footage of Billy and Zack dancing from different episode being spliced together in a rather pointless and time-consuming sequence. In case you're curious, Zack won.
• A pink "WOOSH!" and some Japanese characters were added to Kim throwing a Putty.
• A white "WHAM!" and some Japanese characters were added to Zack getting hit by a Putty.
• A pink image of Kim's Power Coin was added to her kicking a Putty.
• A comic panel-type background and a black image of Zack's Power Coin were added to him glancing at the Putties.
• Stripes in each ranger's respective colors and images of each of their zords were added to their entrances to the battle right after they morph
• This isn't a change, but the flashback to the battle between the Green Ranger and the four Rangers from last episode lacks any and all of the added effects that were put into it in that episode.
• I usually don't talk about the added commercial bumpers, but a rather long one featuring the Black Ranger played after the final break.

How is Jason hiding in the fog on the floor? Last episode, whenever he was on the ground, Goldar could easily see him. And now, he can't. Huh?

I never did understand what that boulder in Scorpina's debut was about. Maybe the answer was given in Zyuranger, but MMPR never said what its deal was.

Okay, how does Goldar not see Jason right next to his feet? The fog is not that thick for one to be unable to see the part of the floor at their feet. And Jason is right there, but Goldar can't see him? Is he blind or something?

See! Jason's back down on the ground again and Goldar can see him no problem. Where's the logic?!!

Evil Tommy sure doesn't know how to hide his bad side in civilian form.

Rita: "Ooooooh, yeah! I'll get you!" - And your little dog too! Just further proof that Rita is a ripoff of Oz's Wicked Witch of the West (after all, Zordon is a giant floating head and a wizard).

Kim seemed a little to sharp too notice that the Putties didn't attack Tommy.

Boy, the Evil Green Ranger sure does love to laugh a lot.

You can clearly see the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in the background as the Red Ranger enters the battle with the others to fight Scorpina.

Scorpina's dialogue actually fits her lip sync amazingly well.

Rita's plan to weaken the Megazord with an eclipse really seemed to come from out of nowhere and appears as being outright random.