 This article is about an episode in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
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A Chimp in Charge is the twenty-eighth episode of the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
The 18th Zeo Serial Short aired before a later airing of the episode.
Synopsis[]
Katherine and Aisha help teach a chimpanzee, Kelly, to communicate with sign language for a school assignment. However, Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd turn the ape into the Sinister Simian monster to lure the Power Rangers out to fight her. Now, the Rangers have to find a way to defeat the ape monster without harming her and return Kelly back to normal.
Plot[]
Ms. Appleby announces her class' last assignment of the year: a ten minute presentation on any language in pairs. She reluctantly agrees that Bulk and Skull can do English, but points out they need to do more than mindlessly babble. Later, Tommy and Billy inform Aisha they are planning to do Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Kat arrives with the assistant for her and Aisha's project: a chimpanzee named Kelly brought over by her aunt, who is lecturing at the local university. Kat and Aisha are planning to teach her basic sign language. Observing the chimp, Rita Repulsa is mainly interested in winding up Goldar about their similarity but Lord Zedd thinks it is an opportunity.
At the juice bar, Lieutenant Stone assigns Bulk and Skull to solve a theft: bananas, which were meant to have been delivered to Ernie. Exiting, they see the four teens with Kelly, who eats a banana, and realize she could help them track down the thief. Seeing the four Rangers have taken Kelly to a secluded spot, Zedd decides to act and sends Finster and a group of Tengas down. Tommy, Billy, Kat, and Aisha transform into Ninja Ranger forms to battle the Tengas, while Finster tries to shoot Kelly with a weapon that will turn her into a monster. The chimp evades him and Kat chases him off, with the Tengas also retreating.
Kat and Aisha take Kelly back to Aisha's place, but she wanders off while they are getting a snack. Bulk and Skull entice her with a banana and she leads them to a fruit seller. The fruit seller decides to adopt Kelly as a mascot, dressing her as a Rastafarian. Bulk and Skull think they have found their culprit. Furious at Finster's failure, Zedd personally turns Kelly into a monster, the Sinister Simian. Bulk, Skull, and the fruit seller flee as the monster rampages through the park.
Zordon summons Kat and Aisha to join the other Rangers at the Command Center and shows them the Simian. Kat is worried about hurting Kelly and Billy suggests he could find a cure if he had a sample of her fur. The Rangers morph and teleport to the park. Kat's voice seems to calm the Simian at first, but when Billy tries to get a sample, she strikes him. After a brief battle, Kat and Aisha manage to restrain the Sinister Simian long enough for Billy to get the sample and teleport back to his lab.
Tommy, Kat, Aisha, Rocky, and Adam try to keep the Sinister Simian contained while Billy works on a way to administer a cure. Zedd and Rita grow the Simian to giant size. Billy returns, having loaded his cure in a projectile that can be fired from the Shogunzords, but has not had a chance to test it. The Rangers summon their Zords and battle the Simian, but Billy is unable to get a clear shot. Tommy gets the Sinister Simian's attention by having the White Shogunzord make ape-like movements that arouse her curiosity. Billy fires the projectile causing the Simian to shrink away, and the teens find Kelly in the park unharmed. Zedd blames Rita for the plan's failure while she argues he did no better.
Later, the six teens are at the juice bar, with Rocky and Adam congratulating Kat and Aisha on their project. Bulk and Skull drag in the fruit seller and tell Ernie they have caught the banana bandit. When Ernie gets a word in, he reveals he found the bananas: the new delivery guy put them in the freezer.
Cast[]
- Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (Mighty Morphin White Ranger)
- Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos (Mighty Morphin Red Ranger)
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)
- David Yost as Billy Cranston (Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
- Karan Ashley as Aisha Campbell (Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger)
- Catherine Sutherland as Katherine "Kat" Hillard (Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger)
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- Richard Genelle as Ernie
- Gregg Bullock as Lt. Jerome Stone
- Royce Herron as Ms. Appleby
- ??? as Fruit Seller
- David Fielding as Zordon (face)
- Robert L. Manahan as Zordon (voice)
- Sandi Sellner as Alpha 5
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Alpha 5 (voice)
- Carla Perez as Rita Repulsa
- Barbara Goodson as Rita Repulsa (voice)
- Ed Neil as Lord Zedd
- Robert Axelrod as Lord Zedd (voice) and Finster (voice)
- Danny Wayne Stallcup as Goldar
- Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice)
- Bob Papenbrook as Rito Revolto (voice)
- Michael J. Sorich as Squatt (voice)
- Dave Mallow as Baboo (voice) (as Colin Phillips)
- Brianne Siddall as Sinister Simian (voice)
Song[]
Errors[]
- When Billy talks about hitting the right spot, the shot is mirror-flipped.
- When Kelly returned to normal size, she was wearing none of the items the fruit stand owner had given her.
- At the beginning of the episode, Kat is seen in the classroom with the other Rangers getting the last assignment of the school year, despite it being said in "A Ranger Catastrophe, Part II" that Kat would start school in the fall.
Notes[]
- This episode aired the same day as Saban's Masked Rider
episode 10, Something's Trashy. - Apart from the "powering up" shots, the Zord fight is entirely American-produced footage.
- This is the last episode to use the Ninja Ranger forms.
See Also[]
- Ep. 21: Monkey See, Monkey Does Finishing Move - Super Sentai counterpart in Kakuranger. See comparison page. (Sinister Simian costume)