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A Bad Reflection on You is the thirty-eighth episode of the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and originally aired on November 27, 1993.
Synopsis[]
Rita sends a monster and four Putties to impersonate the Rangers in both of their forms to Angel Grove. Once there, the doppelgängers cough up trouble and our heroes are sent to detention. With the real Rangers in detention, their doubles are free to wreak havoc posing as the real Power Rangers!
Plot[]
Rita Repulsa hatches her newest plan: her latest monster, the Twin Man, and a team of four Putties will go to Earth, masquerade as the Power Rangers and ruin their reputation. Once they arrive on Earth, Twin Man and his Putties disguise themselves as the Rangers, with Twin Man as Jason. They also have to wear dark sunglasses to hide their glowing red eyes.
The fake Power Teens enter Angel Grove High School, with the fake Jason slamming a student against the lockers, and start sabotaging the school's drinking fountain by pouring laundry detergent into it. Bulk and Skull walk by, surprised by their behavior, with Skull hitting on the fake Kimberly, and the fake Billy grabs a friend of Billy by the shirt and tosses him on the floor. Soon, Mr. Caplan goes to have a drink but gets squirted in the face with suds. Caplan turns around and sees the fake teens laughing at him. The fake Trini says "Got ya!" and a furious Mr. Caplan yells "DETENTION!". The impostors then leave, just as the real Power Teens exit the classroom. They see what's happening, and Jason turns the fountain off. But unfortunately, the five are forced to take the blame for what their doppelgangers did by sharing detention with Bulk and Skull after Mr. Caplan believes that the real Power Teens are the ones who messed up the fountain, even though they haven't done anything wrong.
Meanwhile, Twin Man and his Twin Rangers, now morphed, attack downtown Angel Grove.
Back at the school, Skull asks Kimberly about their date but is rejected. The real Power Rangers then discover first hand what Bulk and Skull do whenever they're in detention. Bulk is revealed to have a bottomless Lunch Box as he pulls a whole lot of food from it. Soon, when Bulk pulls out a TV from his schoolbag, there's a news report that the "Power Rangers" are attacking innocent people downtown. The five friends are shocked to see this and want to stop them, but they can't morph in front of Bulk and Skull. An attempt to sneak out by Kimberly simply results in Mr. Caplan immediately catches her and marches her back. However, Zack has an idea. He asks Bulk and Skull if they would like to see a magic trick. The two agree, and Zack asks them to cover both their eyes and ears and start counting to ten.
Soon, the Rangers morph and teleport downtown, just as Scorpina and the Twin Rangers cause havoc. And so, it's Ranger against Ranger. While the Girls, Billy and Zack manage to use their Power Weapons to defeat their clones, who turn back into Putties, Jason manages to jump-kick Twin Man and shed his disguise. Then, the Power Rangers cripple Twin Man with their Blade Blaster tower formation and destroy him with the Power Blaster. Soon after, the citizens of Angel Grove show up and thank the Rangers for getting rid of the impostors.
Back at Angel Grove High, Bulk and Skull notice that the teens have disappeared, so they report it to Mr. Caplan. But the five Power Teens quickly teleport back into the classroom in time. Bulk and Skull are confused on how they did it, and Jason and Kimberly explain that it was all done with mirrors. The five teens then head home after Mr. Caplan tells them that they're free to go as the real teens are off the hook as they have learned their lesson, while Bulk and Skull are still puzzled.
Cast[]
- Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott (Mighty Morphin Red Ranger)/Evil Jason (Evil Red Ranger)
- Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan (Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger)/Evil Trini (Evil Yellow Ranger)
- Walter Jones as Zack Taylor (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)/Evil Zack (Evil Black Ranger)
- Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart (Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger)/Evil Kimberly (Evil Pink Ranger)
- David Yost as Billy Cranston (Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)/Evil Billy (Evil Blue Ranger)
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- Harold Cannon as Mr. Caplan
- ??? as Billy's Friend
- David Fielding as Zordon (face)
- Robert L. Manahan as Zordon (voice)
- Romy J. Sharf as Alpha 5
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Alpha 5 (voice) (as Richard Wood)
- Machiko Soga as Rita Repulsa
- Barbara Goodson as Rita Repulsa (voice)
- Takashi Sakamoto as Goldar (Zyuranger Footage)
- Danny Wayne Stallcup as Goldar (American Footage)
- Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice) (as Ryan O'Flannigan)
- Takako Iiboshi as Finster
- Robert Axelrod as Finster (voice)
- Minoru Watanabe as Squatt
- Michael J. Sorich as Squatt (voice)
- Hideaki Kusaka as Baboo
- Dave Mallow as Baboo (voice) (as Colin Phillips)
- Ami Kawai as Scorpina
- Wendee Swan as Scorpina (voice)
- Bryan Cranston as Twin Man (voice)
- Tom Wyner as News Reporter (voice)
Errors[]
- When announcing all students have to stay in the school until further notice, Bulk puts both his hands on his forehead, yet in the next scene he has one hand on his head.
- Due to one of the cut shots showing Billy kicking his counterpart, the next shot showed the two out of their weapon lock and Blue now ducking.
- The special report features footage of the evil Rangers that no one should have been able to record.
- During the scene of the evil Rangers attacking Angel Grove, Japanese extras from the Sentai footage can be seen at multiple points, especially in the final pose shot and when "Jason" pulls his Blade Blaster on the crowd.
- In the scene where the Evil Rangers attack, the citizens of Angel Grove go from looking at nothing to looking up at the Rangers in a split second.
- As a result of an editing error, one shot is misplaced: Evil Red approaching the camera before being hit by the Power Sword. After chasing the crowd then Evil Pink's cutaway with the civilian, Evil Red is seen getting back to his feet (where the misplaced scene should lead into.)
- During Jason vs. Evil Red's duel, Evil Red has a torn portion of his costume above the belt as Jason puts his Sword underneath his raised arm. This vanishes after Jason's attack sends Evil Red to the stone wall.
Notes[]
- This is the first episode in the entire Power Rangers series to feature evil doubles of the Power Rangers, which would become a common occurrence over the years of the show.
- Evil Billy's "Pasta-la-Pizza" line is taken from Arnold Schwarzenegger's line in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and would be repeated by Alpha after he completed the foam sprayer device in Grumble Bee, and by Alpha again in The Wanna-Be Ranger.
- The cartoon Bulk and Skull watch on the mini TV before getting interrupted by the news bulletin of the evil Rangers is the anime Hakushon Daimaō, known as The Genie Family (a.k.a. Bob in a Bottle) in the English dub.
Quotes[]
Jason: (to Bulk and Skull) and count backwards from 10.
See Also[]
- Ep. 46: Presenting! The Vicious Sentai - Super Sentai counterpart in Zyuranger. See comparison page. (fight footage and story)
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