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Bomber in the Summer is the thirty-sixth episode of Power Rangers Zeo. It is the beginning of the five-episode story arc that introduces Louie Kaboom.
Synopsis[]
Rita and Zedd send a remote-controlled robotic monster named Louie Kaboom to take over as leader of the Machine Empire. But when Rito and Goldar lose the remote, Louie strikes out on his own and takes King Mondo's place for his own personal schemes. Meanwhile, Ernie opens a new beach club café, which is soon under attack from a group of biker punks. Jason befriends a female biker named Emily, whose necklace gets turned into Louie's first monster, Tough Tusks.
Plot[]
Ernie plans to open a Hawaiian themed beach club on the lake beach when a group of teens riding motorcycles show up. The gang leader warns him to stay away from the gang's territory and rides off laughing. Jason notices a female member riding on the back of the leader's motorcycle.
On the beach, Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa have sent Rito and Goldar down to Earth. They are preparing to launch an attack on the Machine Empire from Earth. Rito fumes that they're not being treated fairly and questions why they need to launch the rocket from Earth up into the Machine Empire's Machine Moon Base. Goldar points out that its to avoid having Queen Machina tracing it back to Lord Zedd's Mobile Base RV. Rito hits the remote and sends the missile flying, but a crab clips him with its claw and he loses the remote in his panic.
In the Moon Base, Prince Sprocket's impatience to have King Mondo come back is grinding all of Queen Machina's gears when the missile hits and explodes into a monster. Calling himself Louie Kaboom, the strange machine becomes smitten with Machina and decides to win her love. Klank suggests that the best way to do that is to destroy the Power Rangers with a monster, so Louie returns to Earth to do just that.
Meanwhile, the Rangers try to convince Ernie to open the location on the lake, but he refuses fearing retaliation from the motorcycle gang. While the other Rangers try to figure out what to do, Jason meets the female member he saw earlier, Emily. She refuses to acknowledge him, but later agrees to do so and they walk together on the beach.
Back on the beach, Rito and Goldar are frantically searching for the remote knowing that Zedd and Rita will blame them for this mess. When they find their old "masters" Bulk and Skull and decide to make them do all the searching instead. While Bulk and Skull whimper and work and the monsters loaf around, Jason learns more about Emily's struggles, such as when she moved to Angel Grove and how no one at the school talked to her except for the motorcycle gang. He is able to help her understand Ernie's plight and convince Emily to talk to her friends. Soon, Jason discovers a remote control and finds himself confronted by Louie Kaboom who demands the remote. To ensure his threat is carried out, he uses his powers to turn Emily's elephant necklace into the monster Tough Tusks. After convincing Emily to hide, Jason transforms into the Gold Zeo Ranger to begin his battle with the two. Zordon communicates with the other Rangers of the situation and they morph to help Jason out. While trying to hold off the two, the Cogs help Kaboom dismantle the remote before leaving.
At the Power Chamber, Billy is given the remote to study, but doesn't think that it's too damaged and repairs it. Soon they hear two trouble alarms: one being that Tough Tusks has returned and has started his attack on Angel Grove, the other being Cogs near the beach. The Zeo Rangers return to deal with Tough Tusks in the Super Zeo Megazord, while Jason is sent to deal with the Cogs. Billy then finishes repairing the remote and activates it, forcing Louie Kaboom to retreat back to the Moon Base. When Louie is berated by Machina and Sprocket, he claimed the Rangers cheated.
Later, the Rangers are able to convince a reluctant Ernie to open the beach club. He doesn't want trouble, but then the leader of the motorcycle gang (Eddie) appears and apologizes for his behavior. He credits Jason for helping Emily out and believes the location is big and good enough to share. Emily gets a job at the beach location as a new waitress, and Jason gives her back her elephant necklace after a conversation.
On the Moon, Rito and Goldar return to the campsite to tell Zedd and Rita they lost the remote that controls Louie Kaboom. Naturally, they're very angry at Rito and Goldar for screwing up. Rita shouts at them for letting Louie Kaboom go out of control. Rito and Goldar try to play the blame game with each other. Zedd is annoyed and puts them on clean-up duty as punishment for their blunder. To add insult to injury, Rita makes Goldar and Rito wear frilly French maid outfits. Both are aghast and make a run for it, ending the episode.
Cast[]
- Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (Zeo Ranger V Red)
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park (Zeo Ranger IV Green)
- Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos (Zeo Ranger III Blue)
- Nakia Burrise as Tanya Sloan (Zeo Ranger II Yellow)
- Catherine Sutherland as Katherine "Kat" Hillard (Zeo Ranger I Pink)
- Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott (Gold Zeo Ranger)
- David Yost as Billy Cranston
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- Gregg Bullock as Detective Jerome Stone (credit only)
- Richard Genelle as Ernie
- Lesley Tesh as Emily
- David Fielding as Zordon (face)
- Bob Manahan as Zordon (voice)
- Donene Kistler as Alpha 5
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Alpha 5 (voice) (as Richard Wood)
- Alex Borstein as Queen Machina (voice)
- Barbara Goodson as Prince Sprocket (voice) and Orbus (voice)
- Oliver Page as Klank (voice)
- Walter Lang as Louie Kaboom (voice)
- Michael J. Sorich as Tough Tusks (voice)
Errors[]
- Despite the battle taking place in the mountains, when Tough Tusks exploded he was surrounded by buildings.
- Rita describes Rito as being three-thousand years old, but since it has been established that he grew up with Rita he would have to be at least ten-thousand years old.
Notes[]
- This episode aired the same day as Big Bad Beetleborgs episode 20, Root of All Evil.
- The original draft title for this episode was "Bombs Away".[1]
- Ernie's Beach Club debuts in this episode and will remain a regular setting until the end of the season.
- Skull squirting Bulk in the face with sun-tan lotion is a callback to a joke in Mighty Morphin's "A Star Is Born".
See Also[]
- Ep. 27: King's Gallant Entrance - Super Sentai counterpart in Ohranger. See comparison page. (Gold Zeo Ranger vs Cogs fight footage)
- Ep. 35: The Radical Bomb Guy - Super Sentai counterpart in Ohranger. See comparison page. (fight footage & story)
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