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!

Legends of Power, WEEK # 45 - T n A Sells This Freaky Friday

Legends of Power - WEEK #45
Invasion of the Body Switcher
Power Rangers In Space


    If there is one things that Power Rangers seems to do well is to give you something nice to look at. To a shirtless Jason in season 1 to a curvacious Kat during Power Rangers Zeo. Even this year's cast of Mega Force as quoted by Fighter's High Creator Chris Ryons as being "Super Models." Yet, Power Rangers in Space really seemed to be the series that let looks and  sex help sell the show. And why not? Many of the audience had become Teenagers or Pre-teens and it was a factor the show's ratings to go up. You don't believe me?
    Let's go over the series, shall we? We've got a villainess clad in skin tight black leather for 2/3rds of the series. We've got the Rangers in tight uniforms showing off their physiques: especially apparent with TJ, Cassie & Ashley. TJ's muscles were very apparent in the Space Uniform; without the jacket, you can see the blue shirt show off his six pack for frell's sake. An there were plenty of shots that showed off the Rangers as well. They were overly apparent but if you look, you'll definitely know what I mean.

   Which comes to this week's entry in #45. Power Rangers is not known for its fan service but boy, did they push it in this episode. The episode has Ashley celebrating her birthday with the rest of the team on Earth. As they are building up the Andros/Ashley relationship, Space once again nukes any notions of a Carlos/Ashley relationship they tried for in Turbo by having Carlos give Ashley a fire extinguisher for her birthday present.

 Hold on a second. Warning, RANT: WHAT THE HELL CARLOS? A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AS A BDAY GIFT?! SHE"S A CHICK THAT YOU ONCE HAD A MAJOR CRUSH ON & YOU GIVE HER A FIRE EXTINGUISHER?! MEN WERE & STILL ARE ASHAMED OF YOU THAT MOMENT! GRRRR ....

  RANT OVER


   Anyway, as Ashley gets a jewel from Andros which becomes a plot point later. Meanwhile in the Dark Fortress, Astromena gets introduced to the Monster of the Day, The Body Switcher. After a frightening cheese fest that was "Disco Kitty", the monster ends up changing Astromena into Ashley.  While Ashley & Cassie talk, Astromena takes her chance to switch with Ashley.  Before Ashley back to the Dark Fortress, we get a shot of what's up her skirt ... wow. She's wearing a holter top with a hoodie but now we get up her skirt for a split second. WOW.

   After a hilarious battle with the Quantrons which one of them hits Astromena pretty hard to fool Cassie, Astromena returns with Cassie to the Megaship. One by one she takes down the Rangers ... in a TIGHTER version of the Space Uniform. (In the Words of Spaceman Hardy & our own Durga: DAT ASS!)  At one point, Astromena runs into Alpha (who believes it's Ashley of course) and gives her a present. For a moment, Astromena actual reflects on someone being nice to her then throws the gift away. When Andros is the only ranger left that Astromena hadn't captured, she makes a fake attack in order to distract him.

  Meanwhile, Ashley easily tricks the Body Switcher to turn her into Astromena, surreal I know, and then gets free by Tricking Elgar. On Earth, Astromena has morphed into the Yellow Ranger, about to shoot Andros from behind when Ashley arrives. Ashley says that the Yellow Ranger is Astromena but Astromena is smart enough to trick Andros into fighting Ashley. At one point, Ashley makes Andros awary that the Yellow Ranger is not her and Andros quickly shoots her in the shoulder. As the morpher drops, Astromena's disguise also disappears.

   Astromena and Ashley duke it out as the other Rangers arrive, wondering which is which. And in a brilliant move by the writers, Andros holds out the morpher saying "Let's Rocket!" Astromena on the Left does the movement correctly while the Astromena on the Right looks like she's having an epileptic seizure. Then the rest of the episode is usual stuff but before she leaves Astromena says, "I wouldn't want to be a Power Ranger anyway." - OH IRONY!

   This episode is the most fan service (in terms of showing off bodies) in Power Rangers History. You can see most of the Rangers butts in this episode fairly well. Tracey Lynn Cruz is clearly wearing a tighter costume ... with possibly no bra at one point. And Selwyn Ward ... his muscles .... Let me stop. You've got shots in the episode showing off the actors assets more than usual. Yet, you've got a strong character piece that advances Ashley's relationship with Andros while giving more depth into Astromena's character and the argument of nature vs nurture. Both Tracy Lynn Cruz & Melody Perkins do exceptional jobs as playing each other's characters in this episode, which makes the show even better. This episode is pure fun  . . . & a big ole tease.

   It also has one of the top funniest moments in PR history with Astromena, as the Yellow Ranger, not doing the now legendary signature flip onto screen.


  Why is this # 45. Two Reasons: 1 - DISCO KITTY ... & # 2 - FIRE EXTINGUISHER!

 Still, watch the episode. It's a funny, entertaining tease that actually advances story well.



NEXT WEEK:  In the Light of the Moon . . .