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A Drive to Win is the fourteenth episode of Power Rangers Turbo. This episode marks the first appearance of Carlos Vallerte and Ashley Hammond, with both of them later becoming Rangers in "Passing the Torch Part II".
Synopsis[]
Adam coaches the Angel Grove High soccer team, in which their star player, Carlos, needs to learn a serious lesson about teamwork. Both he and the head cheerleader, Ashley, are targeted by Divatox, who plants a detonator in the scoreboard, while the Power Rangers battle Electrovolt.
Plot[]
Adam is coaching the Angel Grove team in a practice session, with star player Carlos scoring several goals. Nearby, Ashley is leading the cheerleading squad. Divatox observes the preparations for a match against Stone Canyon and vows to take advantage of it. Adam takes Carlos aside and asks him to pass the ball to fellow player Barry in future, saying while winning is important, he also wants everyone to play.
At the youth club, Tommy is leading Kat and Tanya in martial arts practice (which mainly involves them repeatedly throwing him). They discuss Adam's coaching job. Tommy won't be able to make the game tomorrow because he's working at the race track. Bulk and Skull listen in and conclude it's an opportunity to get themselves noticed. The three Rangers discuss how quiet Divatox has been lately.
Divatox and Elgar brief a squad of Piranhatrons. Adam chides Carlos for not following his instructions but Carlos thinks he's doing what's best for the team. He takes another shot but a Piranhatron intercepts the ball, as yet more teleport in. Adam ushers most of those present to safety before battling the Piranhatrons. Carlos and Ashley end up helping out until the Piranhatrons teleport away. Carlos offers to walk Ashley home.
Adam contacts Alpha at the Power Chamber and arranges for Tommy, Kat, Tanya and Justin to meet him there. He doesn't think the Piranhatrons were after him. The others, except Tommy, decide to attend the match to keep a look-out. Meanwhile, Divatox chides the Piranhatrons on their showing and wishes she could have someone with more power. Porto offers a candidate: Electrovolt, who can harness electricity to fry people.
Next day, Kat, Tanya and Justin are in the crowd at the match; Justin has brought his Turbo Navigator with him just in case. Divatox observes events before detailing her plan: A detonator will be planted behind the scoreboard and set to go off when Angel Grove scores four goals. She is convinced with Carlos on the team they will achieve it. Elgar and Electrovolt will create a distraction to keep the Rangers busy. A Piranhatron plants the detonator, while Elgar and Electrovolt teleport to a deserted spot, with Electrovolt providing Elgar with a bike like his own.
Carlos scores twice but Stone Canyon equalizes both times. Adam gets a signal on his communicator and joins the other three: Elgar and Electrovolt have been spotted and Tommy is meeting them there. The Rangers morph. Meanwhile, Carlos takes the ball off Barry to score a third goal. Ashley is unimpressed, saying he doesn't seem to understand teamwork. Divatox, Porto, Rygog and the Piranhatrons are watching the match on their screen, cheering Angel Grove on.
The five Rangers confront Elgar and Electrovolt, who hit them with electric blasts. Blue Senturion arrives to help but can only take blasts as well, until they are all surrounded by an electric field. Adam takes advantage of the moment when the electric beams cancel each other out to get free. He overpowers Elgar, then grabs Electrovolt's bike and throws him away. Electrovolt absorbs both bikes and grows to giant size. Blue Senturion attacks him in the Robo Racer. The Rangers join the fight in the Turbo Megazord and a combination of their spinout and the Robo Racer's weapons fire takes Electrovolt down. Elgar retreats, lamenting that Divatox will blame him.
Adam returns to his coaching duties: The score is now 3-3. Justin's Turbo Navigator goes off and he, Kat and Tanya locate the detonator. Carlos gets the ball again and, as the opposing team converge on him, he remembers Adam's words and passes to Barry. Justin manages to reach through the small hole in the back of the scoreboard, grab the detonator and deactivate it, just as Barry scores the winning goal. Divatox is left deflated. Meanwhile, Bulk and Skull have joined the cheerleaders but are forced to accept no-one is watching them.
Barry is hailed by the team, as Adam congratulates Carlos and Ashley asks him to walk her home again. Observing from her sub, Divatox blames Elgar before declaring that she will never let the Millennium Message come to pass.
Cast[]
- Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (Red Turbo Ranger)
- Blake Foster as Justin Stewart (Blue Turbo Ranger)
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park (Green Turbo Ranger)
- Nakia Burrise as Tanya Sloan (Yellow Turbo Ranger)
- Catherine Sutherland as Katherine "Kat" Hillard (Pink Turbo Ranger)
- David Walsh as Blue Senturion (voice)
- Roger Velasco as Carlos Vallerte (uncredited)
- Tracy Lynn Cruz as Ashley Hammond (uncredited)
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier (voice)
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch (voice)
- Carol Hoyt as Divatox and Dimitria
- Donene Kistler as Alpha 6
- Katerina Luciani as Alpha 6 (voice)
- Kenny Graceson as Elgar
- David Umansky as Elgar (voice)
- Ed Neil as Rygog
- Lex Lang as Rygog (voice)
- Scott Page-Pagter as Porto (voice)
- Tom Wyner as Electrovolt (voice)
Zords[]
Errors[]
- When Bulk does backflips, the footage was merely reversed.
Notes[]
- This episode aired the same day as Big Bad Beetleborgs
episode 51, Fright Files. - The cold open uses the song "Strike" from VR Troopers.
- This marks the first appearance of Carlos and Ashley.
- This episode marked the final mention of the Millennium Message, although it would get mentioned one last time in the unfilmed script for the original mid-season finale called "Rangers in Concert".
- Ironically, when Divatox brags about how Carlos will set off her detonator, she references "Countdown to Destruction".
- The first time one of Divatox's monsters has grown without the use of torpedoes.
episode 51, 
- Music from the battle scenes with Electrovolt will later be used in Beetleborgs Metallix.
See Also[]
- Ep. 14: Full Acceleration to Hellish Lightning - Super Sentai counterpart in Carranger. See comparison page. (fight footage)
