 This article is about an episode in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
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A Reel Fish Story is the thirty-eighth episode of the second season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and the ninety-eighth episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Rocky is acting as a volunteer lifeguard at Angel Grove Lake and is trying to motivate a child named Dougie by claiming that he has never seen a monster in the lake. Inspired, Lord Zedd resurrects an army of fish monsters to destroy them and, whilst the Power Rangers fight them, creates the Tube Monster to destroy Angel Grove.
Plot[]
Rocky is working as a lifeguard down by the lake. A young girl tries to convince her friend, Dougie, to join the other children in the water but he is convinced there are monsters out there. The girl tells him that the Power Rangers protect Angel Grove from monsters. Bulk and Skull overhear this and have an idea. Rocky also tries to convince Dougie there are no monsters in the lake but fails.
Lord Zedd has been monitoring the conversation and tells Goldar he will send an army of sea monsters down to Angel Grove since the Power Rangers won’t be able to defeat them all at once. Billy and Aisha join Rocky by the lake; Tommy, Kimberly and Adam have gone scuba diving. A pair of shark fins appear in the water. Billy and Rocky head out on a jet ski and find Bulk and Skull wearing helmets with shark fins on them. They warn them they’re lucky the Power Rangers didn’t catch them.
Goldar reports to Zedd that three of the Rangers are still underwater. Zedd notes they won’t be able to hear the alert and he can take care of the other three first. He starts off by sending Slippery Shark down to Angel Grove, where he quickly heads down for the lake. Zordon and Alpha observe them: Since they can’t get through to Tommy, they contact Rocky instead. He, Billy and Aisha leave Dougie with another lifeguard, Steve, and morph to fight the Shark Monster on the other side of the lake. Zedd adds Pirantishead and Goo Fish to the battle, following them with Commander Crayfish.
Rocky requests help and Zordon and Alpha send out a wide transmission. Tommy, Kimberly and Adam have just left the water and receive the message, morphing to go and fight the monsters with the other Rangers. Zedd, Goldar, Squatt and Baboo observe this so Zedd decides to create a new monster. He chooses a rubber ring that Bulk and Skull are using as the basis for his Tube Monster, leaving the pair stranded in the middle of a lake. Tube Monster instantly grows to giant size and Zordon and Alpha alert Tommy, who sends the other Rangers to deal with it in the Thunderzords. They form the Thunder Megazord and quickly dispatch Tube Monster with the Thunder Saber. Tommy takes out the rest of the monsters with Saba. Zedd declares he is done with fish and Goldar nervously reveals he has ordered fish for lunch.
The rubber ring reappears on the edge of the lake, but Skull has got a cramp and he and Bulk get into trouble. Dougie fails to attract the attention of Steve, who is tending to a female beachgoer’s arm, so swims out to them with the rubber ring. Steve joins him and they get Bulk and Skull back to shore. Billy, Rocky, and Aisha return in time to congratulate Dougie.
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)
- Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart (Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger)
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- ??? as Dougie
- ??? as Girl
- David Fielding as Zordon (face)
- Robert L. Manahan as Zordon (voice)
- Sandi Sellner as Alpha 5
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Alpha 5 (voice)
- Ed Neil as Lord Zedd
- Robert Axelrod as Lord Zedd (voice) and Goo Fish (voice)
- Danny Wayne Stallcup as Goldar
- Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice)
- Michael J. Sorich as Squatt (voice)
- Dave Mallow as Baboo (voice) (as Colin Phillips)
- Brad Orchard as Tube Monster (voice)
- Steve Kramer as Slippery Shark (voice)
- Scott Page-Pagter as Pirantishead (voice)
- Wendee Lee as Cruel Crayfish (voice)
- Tony Oliver as Saba (voice)
Locations[]
- Angel Grove Lake
- Moon Palace
- Command Center
- Angel Grove City
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Errors[]
- Rocky tells Dougie that he has lived in Angel Grove all his life, but he transfered from Stone Canyon along with Adam and Aisha.
- When Billy, Rocky, and Aisha are standing on the lifeguard stand right after they morph, the viewers can see a crack on Rocky's helmet covered by clear tape.
- Commander Crayfish had a different, more feminine sounding voice.
- No explination is given as to how Zedd could recreate Slippery Shark, Commander Crayfish and Goo Fish since they were initially made by Rita Replusa.
Notes[]
- This episode aired the same day as VR Troopers
episode 39, The Reality Virus
. - Following the original airing of this episode, Power Rangers went on an almost four-month hiatus since the cast and crew had to go to Australia to film Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. However, due to production issues related to the movie, it did not wrap before the new year, so production had to film the episodes “Rangers Back in Time” and “The Wedding” to tide over fans.
- Lord Zedd reanimates Rita's Slippery Shark from "On Fins and Needles", but multiple characters repeatedly call it simply the "shark monster". Similarly, Zedd brings back Pirantishead from "The Mutiny" - his own creation - and refers to it only as "Piranha". Commander Crayfish, from "Mighty Morphin' Mutants", is called "the Cruel Crayfish". Only the Goo Fish retains its original name.
- Zedd's Tube Monster is never shown at normal size, as Zedd makes it grow immediately after creating it.
See Also[]
- Final Ep.: Let's Go! - Super Sentai counterpart in Dairanger. See comparison page. (Zord battle)
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