The Wanna-Be Ranger (13 Sep. 1994)

Zordon informs the rangers that he's going to shut down temporarily, leaving Alpha 5 to keep an eye on things. A bored Alpha 5 checks things out and sees a little boy, Dylan, who needs help... See full summary »

Director:

John Stewart

Writers:

Ellen Levy-Sarnoff, Dan Sarnoff

Stars:

Amy Jo Johnson, David Yost, Walter Jones

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Amy Jo Johnson	...	Kimberly Ann Hart / The Pink Ranger
David Yost	...	Billy Cranston / The Blue Ranger
Walter Jones	...	Zack Taylor / The Black Ranger
Thuy Trang	...	Trini Kwan / The Yellow Ranger
Jason David Frank	...	Tommy Oliver / The Green Ranger
Austin St. John	...	Jason Lee Scott / The Red Ranger
Jason Narvy	...	Eugene 'Skull' Skullovitch
Paul Schrier	...	Farkas 'Bulk' Bulkmeier
Machiko Soga	...	Rita (credit only) (as Soga Machiko)
Romy J. Sharf	...	Alpha 5
Richard Genelle	...	Ernie (credit only)
Bridgett Riley	...	Putty Patroller
Sophia Crawford	...	Putty Patroller
Ed Neil	...	Putty Patroller
Akihiro Noguchi	...	Putty Patroller

Storyline

Zordon informs the rangers that he's going to shut down temporarily, leaving Alpha 5 to keep an eye on things. A bored Alpha 5 checks things out and sees a little boy, Dylan, who needs help and goes to the park and befriends him. Lord Zedd takes advantage of the situation to send Primator, a shape-shifting monster, who attacks Alpha 5 and Dylan. Panicking, Alpha 5 orders Dylan to run to safety and turns on his self-destruct sequence so that Primator can't use him to find the Command Center. The Primator sets up some of the rangers so they get attacked by Putties. Baffled and unable to contact Alpha 5, the rangers go to the Command Center and find that Zordon is restored. Zordon enlightens them to Alpha 5's predicament and reveals that they have mere minutes to save him. They're forced to take on Primator first, and he's not making things easy for them, especially when he begins to imitate the rangers so that they can't tell him apart from each ranger he impersonates. The rangers can't...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 September 1994 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Movie Television Studio

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The power ranger fighting sequences are predominantly footage from the Japanese Zyuranger series; which is not more apparent than when the Blue Ranger hands the Primator the blue mirror that clearly shows a Triceratops on the back of it even though it's supposed to be the Pink Ranger's mirror.

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Goofs

Just after Primator, disguised as the Red Ranger, had fought Jason and knocked him back towards the other Rangers, Primator warns them to get away and "that's the bogus Red Ranger!" But in the very next shot, Kimberly the Pink Ranger is shown lying injured on the ground instead of Jason, before Primator blasts them.

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