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Icon-mightymorphinThis article is about a three-part episode in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

A Friend in Need is the three-part season premiere of the first to third episodes of the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The first Zeo Serial short aired before a later airing of Part 3.

The three-part episode served as a backdoor pilot crossover between the Power Rangers and Dex Stewart/Masked Rider, two weeks before the premiere of Saban's Masked RiderIcon-crosswiki.

Synopsis[]

When Alpha is horrified by the attack on his home planet of Edenoi by the evil Count Dregon, the Power Rangers teleport to the planet for Alpha 5, When they arrive however, they find themselves embroiled in the attack and are forced to take cover with the planet's mysterious protector Dex Stewart AKA the Masked Rider. Meanwhile, on Earth, a very unwell Kimberly must battle Rita and Zedd's deadly Repellator alone who has a single objective; destroy her.

Plot[]

Part 1[]

While monitoring the galactic scanner, Alpha 5 expresses that his home planet, Edenoi, is under heavy attack and he is worried about his "father", King Lexian. However, the scanner picks up no trace of him, making the robot more upset. At the Juice Bar, Aisha calls Kimberly, as Kim is in bed with the flu, to see if she was feeling better, though Kim was still had a temperature. After finishing her call with Kimberly, Aisha told the other Rangers minus Billy that their friend still has a fever but she will get better. When Billy arrives, he tells everyone that Alpha seemed upset and everyone decided to check in on their friend. When the Rangers arrived at the Command Center to check up on him, Alpha relays the information to his friends, who decide to go to Edenoi on Alpha's behalf.

Part 2[]

The Edenites and Masked Rider with the other Rangers temporarily take refuge inside a cave. After reverting to his normal form, Dex tells them the story of Edenoi and how it came under the attack by Count Dregon. He and his friends originally did not trust the other Rangers to help them until they reveal they were friends with Alpha 5, who is from Edenoi. Aisha asks of Lexian's whereabouts since Alpha is worried about him. Dex reveals he is alive and is his grandfather, to the relief of the other Rangers.

Back on Earth, Kimberly contacts Zordon and Alpha 5 for any news of the others. Alpha reassures her they are fine and she needs to focus on getting better. At the Youth Center, Skull refuses to go along with another of Bulk's schemes when it comes to learning the identities of the Power Rangers. Bulk tells him they will pretend to be Rangers themselves, not search for them, and Skull agrees.

On the Moon, Zedd orders Finster to make a monster to take advantage of Earth's lack of defense. Finster creates Repellator and he is sent to Earth to attack Angel Grove.

Back on Edenoi, Count Dregon's forces overruns the Rangers and Dex. Transforming back into the Masked Rider, he and the other Rangers fight off the Plague Patrol.

On Earth and in the Command Center, Alpha 5 is alarmed when he and Zordon sees Repellator on the Viewing Globe. He tries to contact the other Rangers, but is cut off in his attempt. Left with no other options, Zordon tells Alpha 5 they must take a risk and call a bed-ridden Kimberly into battle against Repellator. After morphing into the Pink Ranger, she begins her battle with Repellator.

Part 3[]

While trying to deal with the lack of communication with the other Rangers, a sick Kimberly is having a hard time with Repellator. Frustrated with Kimberly continuously sneezing on him, Repellator is about to finish Kimberly off until he starts sneezing and realizes he's caught her flu. Repellator is forced to retreat back to the Moon. Zordon and Alpha briefly converse with Kimberly and has her remain on standby just in case Repellator returns.

On Edenoi, the other Rangers are aiding Dex in his fight against the forces of Count Dregon. Zordon informs them of the situation back on Earth with Zedd and Rita's monster, Repellator. While Kimberly is able to hold him off, she is still sick and needs their assistance soon. The other Rangers must quickly finish off the battle to return home.

Back at Lord Zedd's Moon Palace, Repellator returns sick and asks for Zedd and Rita's aid. They are furious and displeased with the fact that a monster has fallen victim to a human flu virus and send him to Finster. Despite his warning for Repellator to remain in bed for 7-10 nights with lots of bed rest, Finster offers him a pill for him to temporarily feel better.

Bulk and Skull attempt to woo two potential dates by pretending to be Power Rangers themselves, which goes awry when Repellator shows up healthier. Zedd then takes advantage of the situation by making Repellator grow, using his growth grenade.

At the Command Center, Kimberly and Alpha watches an enlarged Repellator. She decides to go back in action to try and stall him until the other Rangers return.

On Edenoi, the other Rangers are able to hold off Dregon's forces and return home to meet up with Kimberly. Back in Dregon's Spiderbase, Dregon sees the Rangers teleporting away from Edenoi and orders his generals to track them. Double Face says they have looked onto the Rangers and Cyclopter says they are heading for Earth. This gives Dregon the idea to follow them back to Earth to make the planet his next target.

Much to Zedd's detest, the other Rangers return home and meet up with Kimberly. Calling on both the Thunderzords and the Tigerzord. After a long battle between them, the Rangers destroy Repellator with the Thunder Megazord saber.

On the Moon, Lord Zedd is furious with the loss and fears humiliation from Count Dregon if this gets out to him about Zedd's failures. Back on Earth, the Rangers fill Zordon and Alpha in regarding their adventure on Edenoi, and regret they didn't a chance to get to know the Edenites better, especially Dex. All are confident however that the Masked Rider powers are in safe hands. Meanwhile, as Bulk and Skull's potential dates storm off, the exhausted pair agree to not make any more plans that involve the Power Rangers. 

The episode ends with Count Dregon setting a course for Earth, and Lexian warning Dex of Dregon's intent and that he must take his fight there.

Cast[]

Errors[]

Part I[]

  • The footage of the Edenites from Kamen Rider Black RX usually shows them with antennae.
  • When Billy says "yeah, whoever they are, they're close", a fog machine can be seen in the background around the right corner of the screen.
  • The Rangers could not see the Spiderbase firing on them despite it being in Edenoi's atmosphere.
  • The Spiderbase continually jumped between Edenoi's Moon and being in the atmosphere at random.
  • Before Dregon told Double Face to fire again, a small artifact shot of Masked Rider on an airport runway at night can be seen.

Part II[]

  • When Alpha contacts Kimberly, human hands can be seen under his gloves.
  • Alpha was frustrated over being out-of-contact with the Rangers, despite it earlier being stated the communicators had been modified to work between Earth and Edenoi.

Part III[]

  • When Repellator explodes, the edge of the set is briefly visible at the bottom of the screen. The Thunder Megazord, and the White Tigerzord are also shown to be off the set to make it look like they are far away from Repellator.

Notes[]

  • This was the first ever team-up in Power Rangers.
  • Beginning with Part I, the traditional end credits played over Sentai footage are no longer used and replaced by a new style. The style has the credits shoved to the side in a black box whilst unrelated footage (usually outtakes) play in the center of the screen. This new style would remain until the opening episode of Power Rangers Lost Galaxy's "Quasar Quest Part I" where the credits returned to being played over stock footage.
    • For this three-parter's end credits, footage from the Green Ranger kata video is used for Parts I and II, while Part III re-uses Bulk and Skull's training montage.
  • Although this episode was set before "Ninja Quest" it was filmed afterwards, and as a result was aired afterwards in some countries.
  • This story was originally intended to be a two-parter but was later expanded to three.
  • These were the only episodes of Power Rangers to use footage from a Kamen Rider series.
  • This was the last episode to show Sentai footage of Rita in Finster's workshop.
  • Footage of the Rangers' fight against Dex and the Edenites was shown on the VHS release of the Masked Rider episode "Super Gold".
  • In this episode, the Thunderzord summoning sequence is replaced with original footage.
  • Most of the Zord footage was American made, and only stock footage was used such as the Thunder Megazord’s final attack
  • This episode marks the last time Lord Zedd conjures up a Growth Bomb and tosses it down to Earth to make his monsters grow. Starting in "Ninja Quest" and onward, he and Rita would cross their staves emitting an electrical storm to grow their monsters.
  • The final scene of Dex and Lexian was from the unused Masked Rider pilot in which several shots appeared in the opening sequence of the final series.
  • This is the only time that Dex performs the original Kamen Rider Black RX transformation pose to transform into Masked Rider, since his show changed to a different and simplistic pose.
  • Starting with this episode, Finster's American suit now sports the blue headband he wore in Zyuranger footage and would stay that way through the end of Zeo.

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Icon-mightymorphin List of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Episodes
Season 1

0: Day of the Dumpster (pilot) • 1: Day of the Dumpster • 2: High Five • 3: Teamwork • 4: A Pressing Engagement • 5: Different Drum • 6: Food Fight • 7: Big Sisters • 8: I, Eye Guy • 9: For Whom The Bell Trolls • 10: Happy Birthday, Zack • 11: No Clowning Around• 12: Power Ranger Punks • 13: Peace, Love and Woe • 14: Foul Play in the Sky • 15: Dark Warrior • 16: Switching Places • 17-21: Green With Evil • 22: Itsy Bitsy Spider • 23: The Trouble with Shellshock • 24: The Spit Flower • 25: Life's a Masquerade • 26: Gung Ho! • 27: Wheel of Misfortune • 28 & 29: Island of Illusion • 30: The Rockstar • 31: Calamity Kimberly • 32: A Star Is Born • 33: The Yolk's on You! • 34 & 35: The Green Candle • 36: Birds of a Feather • 37: Clean-Up Club • 38: A Bad Reflection on You • 39 & 40: Doomsday • 41: Rita's Seed of Evil • 42: A Pig Surprise • 43: Something Fishy • 44: Lions & Blizzards • 45: Crystal of Nightmares • 46: To Flea or Not to Flee • 47: Reign of the Jellyfish • 48: Plague of the Mantis • 49 & 50: Return of an Old Friend • 51: Grumble Bee • 52: Two Heads are Better than One • 53: Fowl Play • 54: Trick or Treat • 55: Second Chance • 56: On Fins and Needles • 57: Enter… The Lizzinator • 58: Football Season • 59: Mighty Morphin' Mutants • 60: An Oyster Stew

Season 2

1-3: The Mutiny • 4: The Wanna-Be Ranger • 5: Putty on the Brain • 6: Bloom of Doom • 7: The Green Dream • 8: The Power Stealer • 9: The Beetle Invasion • 10: Welcome to Venus Island • 11: The Song of Guitardo • 12 & 13: Green No More • 14: Missing Green • 15: Orchestral Maneuvers in the Park • 16: Beauty and the Beast • 17 & 18: White Light • 19: Two for One • 20: Opposites Attract • 21: Zedd's Monster Mash • 22-24: The Ninja Encounter • 25: A Monster of Global Proportions • 26: Zedd Waves • 27 & 28: The Power Transfer • 29: Goldar's Vice-Versa • 30: Mirror of Regret • 31: When is a Ranger Not a Ranger? • 32: Rocky Just Wants to Have Fun • 33: Lights, Camera, Action • 34: Where There's Smoke, There's Fire • 35: Scavenger Hunt • 36: The Great Bookala Escape • 37: Forever Friends • 38: A Reel Fish Story • 39 & 40: Rangers Back in Time • 41-43: The Wedding • 44-46: Return of the Green Ranger • 47: Best Man for the Job • 48 & 49: Storybook Rangers • 50 & 51: Wild West Rangers • 52: Blue Ranger Gone Bad

Season 3 & Alien Rangers

1-3: A Friend in Need • 4-7: Ninja Quest • 8: A Brush with Destiny • 9: Passing the Lantern • 10: Wizard for a Day • 11: Fourth Down and Long • 12 & 13: Stop the Hate Master • 14: Final Face-Off • 15: The Potion Notion • 16: I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger • 17 & 18: A Ranger Catastrophe • 19-21: Changing of the Zords • 22: Follow that Cab! • 23-25: A Different Shade of Pink • 26: Rita's Pita • 27: Another Brick in the Wall • 28: A Chimp in Charge • 29-31: Master Vile and the Metallic Armor • 32: The Sound of Dischordia • 33: Rangers in Reverse • 34 & 35: Alien Rangers of Aquitar • 36: Climb Every Fountain • 37: The Alien Trap • 38: Attack of the 60' Bulk • 39: Water You Thinking? • 40: Along Came a Spider • 41: Sowing the Seas of Evil • 42 & 43: Hogday Afternoon

Movies & Specials

Alpha's Magical ChristmasMighty Morphin Power Rangers: The MoviePower Rangers (2017)Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always

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