Legends of Power, WEEK # 39 - The Most Infamous Line In Ranger History

 
LEGENDS OF POWER, WEEK # 39
Trouble by the Slice
Power Rangers Turbo


   This episode, is by far, the epitome of its so bad its good in the entire franchise. Possibly in all of Tokusatsu. For those of you who do not know what I mean ... this episode has become extremely infamous amongst fandom because of what happens in the episode and most importantly ... 1 particular quote. We'll get into that.

    The episode has Divatox getting amnesia and working at a pizza parlor. Porto sends Mad Mike to search for her and to cause trouble ... with pizza. (ah ha. I know some of you are remembering which episode now).

   The Rangers (led by TJ) go to take on Mad Mike. But Mad Mike proves to be . ... (Laughing out loud) I am sorry. When the Rangers meet Mad Mike. hahahahhahahhahahhahaha

 -skipping to next scene-

   Well, Mad Mike not only takes control of Storm Blaster and Lightning Crusier with ... 8 pizzas ... I am dead serious. 4 per vehicle. And the Rangers ... get baked into a pizza. I'm not kidding. LOOK!




 So the Rangers have been backed into a pizza. Lightning Crusier & Storm Blaster are taken over by pizzas. And there have been lots of bad puns. Yet, here comes Blue Centurion to the rescue ... who uses a signal light to stop the two living cars and free them from Mad Mike's spell.

 Yes. This happened. No. I am not kidding.

  Blue Centurion frees the Rangers and the Turbo Ranger use the Turbine Laser for the first time against Mad Mike ... and it fails. Which we then get this lovely retort from the Rangers & Blue Centurion:

Red: Nuts! 
Blue: Rats!
Green: Drat!
 Yellow: Curses!
Pink: Phooey!
 Blue Senturion: Uhh, Fiddlesticks!

Yep. They said that. Divatox gets her memory back, she grows Mad Mike big, our heroes kill Mad Mike. End of episode.

 Though what I skipped before ... hehehe ... when the Turbo Rangers showed .... up the first ...hehehehhehehhe ... Just listen to it for your selves.

Yes. You did hear the words from TJ:  
We're Here to Toss Your Salad.

*laughs uncontrollably*

 Add that to the fact ... hehehehehhe .... that Carlos said before TJ said his now infamous line: "I had just enough pepperoni and mushroom for today." while moving his hands up and own like he was holding balls on each hand.

*laughs uncontrollably again*

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    Okay. This was a filler ep. This was a bad filler ep because of all the silliness and craziness they used from the Carranger footage. But, I give it to Judd Lynn. He wrote one of the most out there episodes with this and made it entertaining.  Is it good story? No. Does it know it's not a good story? Yes.

   And this episode just has great quote after great quote but TJ's still takes the cake! By far, every ranger fan who has seen old school and even newer fans KNOW about TJ's now infamous exclamation. Sex and Pizza were injected hard into this kid show.

 ...

*laughs*
 
   The fact that Centurion freed the mind controlled sentient cars with signal lights is completely insane. The RANGERS WERE BAKED INTO A PIZZA. Not one of the Ranger's greatest moments but in a way it is. We got a hilariously awful episode made watchable because of innuendo and great voice work by the cast. And the Rangers were baked into a pizza. The actors were hamming it up but they did a good job of making the best of what they had ... by making it gloriously awful. With insanity that comes from being baked into a pizza and infamous lines that will live on forever in Ranger Legend, # 39 spot shifts Turbo ... into a pizza after Tossing some Salad.  *laughs*




That's all we got for this week. Till Next Week, May the Power Protect You.



NEXT WEEK: Team up Fever!

Toku 101: Power Morphicon

Hello, and welcome to another one of Wheelchair21's Toku 101! In today's segment of Toku 101, I'll be talking about the Power Ranger convention Power Morphicon. The reason it's the subject of the column this week is the fact it's tomorrow and I'm already in California to attend! So anyways let me de-brief you on what Power Morphicon is, when it started and some of the cool things that have happened at past conventions, along with what's to come!

POWER MORPHICON

Back in either 2007 or 2008, Saban went to most likely Disney at the time to make this convention. The reason for PMC, was to celebrate Power Rangers' 15th Anniversary. Its location Pasedena, California where has stayed there since then. At the actual first ever convention it seemed to have barely been promoted; for the fact I didn't discover it till months after it took place. Along with what seemed to be small promoted convention for Power Rangers we had several guests and unusual panels. For example guests were Austin St John(Jason/MMPR), Johnny Yong Bosh(Adam/MMPR-Turbo), selective Red Rangers, selective Disney-Era Rangers and the cast of Operation Overdrive. Some of the more memoriable panels however contained "Forever Red", "MMPR", "Unsung Heroes", "PROO Cast" and a trending one, the "Bulk & Skull" panel!! Some of these panels are on youtube, so please check those out.

Power Morphicon 2, was held almost two years later and from what I heard it was to celebrate the MMPR Movie and Saban buying back Power Rangers. As for PMC 2, that was an amazingly larger success from what I had personally noticed. There were more Cast members on hand attending the event along several new panels leading to a better varity. New guests including the 2nd Set of Turbo Rangers, Erin Cahill(Jen/PRTF), Vernon Wells(Ransik/PRTF), Robert Axelrod(Lord Zedd), and Jason David Frank(Tommy/MMPR-Turbo,DT) along with some members of Kamen Rider Dragon Knights' cast. Newer panels were Dragon Knight, Turbo/in Space, Time Force, Voice Actors and a JDF panel that Jason Narvy(Skull) crashed...Just like Unsung Heroes at the 1st PMC.
And finally we come to Power Morphicon 3, which will be held this very weekend! This one is to celebrate, the Turbo Movie, the announcement of MegaForce and preparations for Power Rangers' 20th Anniversary. Just as for this year's event some Cast Attendees will not be returning for this event; like JDF, some of the Turbo cast, Erin Cahill, and the Dragon Knight cast. The new/returning guests are Johnny Yong Bosh with Eyeshine, David Yost(Billy/MMPR-Zeo), members of the Wild Force cast, the Samurai Cast, the debut of the MegaForce cast and members from Saban's other adaptions. Along with these guest members several "Gold Ranger" Events are being held like concerts, and the exclusive David Yost panel. These "Gold Ranger" Events are for members who decided on buying the VIP Ranked tickets...Which I personally stupidly chose to get and damn glad I did seeing the results it got me!

However I rather not wish to list the current schedule of panels and events at this time. My reason for this is because the schedule can change by the time I've finished this post prior to leave to attend. Anyways I for one say, PMC is overrated at this time for it has barely had enough time to mature. It's worth going because it's pretty much buyer beware. Reason I say that is I bought my ticket back last September, guests didn't start getting announced until March or April and it costs a lot of cash pending on where you live to get there. So for now look forward to news and updates from PMC3! To check out more info on Power Morphicon please go to: http://officialpowermorphicon.com/