It Came From Angel Grove

Synopsis
Adam stays late at school one night to study, but is distracted by a favorite old monster movie of his. When a black cat runs in to the room, Adam chases it, only for it to lead him to Rita and Zedd, standing in the darkened hallway of the high school. They tell him that while he slept, the Machine Empire took over the planet and brainwashed his friends. His only hope is to obtain the cape of a vampire (which he steals from Tommy,) the hair of a werewolf (stolen from Rocky), and the eye of a cat (an Egyptian eye pendant stolen from Katherine), and bring it to a powerful wizard who will only allow someone of good to stand before him. Along the way, he runs into Alpha and Billy who have genetically re-engineered Tanya into a zombie bride.

Finally reaching the wizard, Zordon reveals himself to be Zordonicus, a powerful wizard who tries to force Adam to choose one of his friends to fight a Machine Empire monster. Adam accidentally chooses Tommy, who, as Zeo Ranger V, defeats the monster easily. Adam demands that Zordonicus revert the world to normal, but not before Zordonicus reveals himself to actually be King Mondo inside Zordon's plasma tube. Cogs and other monsters infiltrate the Power Chamber, attacking Adam, who finally is woken up by the other Rangers, who came back to school in the morning to find him asleep on a sofa in the study room.

Cast

 * Catherine Sutherland as Kat Hillard (Zeo Ranger I Pink)
 * Nakia Burrise as Tanya Sloan (Zeo Ranger II Yellow)
 * Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos (Zeo Ranger III Blue)
 * Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park (Zeo Ranger IV Green)
 * Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (Zeo Ranger V Red)
 * David Yost as Billy Cranston
 * Paul Schrier as Bulk
 * Jason Narvy as Skull
 * David Stenstrom as King Mondo (voice) (Adam's dream)
 * Ed Neil as Lord Zedd (Adam's dream)
 * Robert Axelrod as Lord Zedd (voice) (Adam's dream)
 * Carla Perez as Rita Repulsa (Adam's dream)
 * Barbara Goodson as Rita Repulsa (voice) (Adam's dream)
 * Dan Woren as Drill Master (voice) (Adam's dream)
 * Catherine Sutherland as Valencia (Adam's dream)
 * Nakia Burrise as the Bride of Hackensack (Adam's dream)
 * Steve Cardenas as Lord Henry (Adam's dream)
 * Jason David Frank as Tomacula (Adam's dream)
 * David Yost as William Von Hackensack (Adam's dream)
 * Gregg Bullock as the Burgermeister (Adam's dream)
 * David Fielding as Zordonicus (Adam's dream)
 * Bob Manahan as Zordonicus (Adam's dream)
 * Donene Kistler as Eye-Gor (Adam's dream)
 * Richard Steven Horvitz as Eye-Gor (voice) (Adam's dream)
 * Richard Genelle as Bartender (voice) (Adam's dream)
 * Paul Schrier as Prince Bulkenhotep (Adam's dream)
 * Jason Narvy as Professor (Adam's dream)

Trivia

 * This episode saw a VHS release on August 20, 1996 prior to it's first airing (Spetember 11, 1996).
 * This episode makes references to many classic horror and fantasy movies, including The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland.