 This article is about an episode in Power Rangers Beast Morphers.
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Cruisin' for a Bruisin' is the fifth episode of the second season of Power Rangers Beast Morphers and the twenty-seventh episode overall. It features the debut of the main Grid Battleforce trio's Beast-X Mode and the Beast-X Visor.
Synopsis[]
Devon discovers that Cruise has some skills that will help the Rangers in battle and pushes him to join the team.
Plot[]
At Grid Battleforce, the Beast Bots have set up a target range for the Rangers' blaster practice. Devon wants to make it interesting, where whoever misses has to buy everyone else smoothies, which they accept, even though Steel points out that he can't drink a smoothie. Although they all pass round one, round two is too difficult as its a moving target, which moves too fast for them to hit with their blasters.
Steel accuses the Beast Bots of not testing it properly, but Cruise shows that he did by hitting the fast-moving target perfectly. Devon is impressed by Cruise’s accuracy and believes that his partner could help them fight against real Tronics and Robotrons in future battles. The other Rangers are not sure about that as the main Beast Bots were not made for combat, but Devon pushes for it. Nate reluctantly agrees to make Cruise some blasters, but he has to do combat training if he's going to be in the field. Meanwhile, Ben and Betty are mopping the floors and notice the loose Tronic target roam out of the training area, which causes them to mistake it for a real one as they give chase and make a mess of the hallway. Once they see that it’s a fake, they decide to use it to help them mop the floors of Grid Battleforce.
In the Crystal Dimension, Scrozzle is in awe over his newest creation, Digitron, but Robo-Blaze and Robo-Roxy are not too impressed by it. Scrozzle tells them that Evox left him in charge while he's away pretending to be Mayor Daniels, annoying the duo. However, Scrozzle reveals that Digitron has the power to absorb any kind of technology where, the more advanced the tech is, the stronger he becomes, where the Robotron promises to absorb tech from the Rangers and use it to destroy them.
Back at Grid Battleforce, Nate gives Cruise a pair of Wheel Blasters, which he can use for both blasting and defending. Commander Shaw alerts the Rangers about a Robotron attack in Sector Delta 7-8, and Cruise declares that he’s ready to fight with the team. Before heading out, Nate pulls Devon aside and tells his leader that he's not sure that Cruise can handle a battle without doing combat training, but Devon has faith in his Beast Bot’s abilities and promises Nate that he will watch over him. Digitron is scaring citizens and absorbs any technology he can find, like a laptop and a segway, which the Rangers see him do when they arrive. They confront Digitron and morph into action before the Robotron summons a squad of Tronics to attack them. While the Rangers are fighting the Tronics, Cruise manages to blast several of them with his blasters, when Digitron blasts him in the back, causing him to drop them. He tries to get a hold of them, but Digitron prevents him from reaching them. Devon is restrained from helping Cruise as Digitron absorbs the Beast Bot, making the Robotron stronger than ever. Devon, Ravi, and Zoey try to fight him, but he easily takes them down as Nate and Steel arrive to help. Devon attempts to restrain Digitron with a Cable Strike, but he teleports away.
Back at Grid Battleforce, Devon feels responsible for forcing Cruise into the battlefield especially as he ignored Nate’s insistence on combat training. However, Zoey and Ravi remind Devon that Digitron was looking for tech to absorb, and if it wasn’t Cruise, then it most likely would have been Steel. While the Rangers wonder how they can beat Digitron now that his strength has increased with Cruise’s data, Devon gets an idea and it's Jax and Smash. Ravi and Zoey don't want them fighting, but Devon has a different plan. He points out how Digitron was able to grow stronger by digitizing and absorbing Cruise, so he suggests that they combine with their own Beast Bots and grow stronger as a result. Devon asks Nate if it's possible, although he thinks it’s a complex idea, but he believes he can do it, and also believes that this theory may be able to reverse the process to save Cruise. Jax and Smash are in, so the Rangers get to work.
Back in the Crystal Dimension, the Robo-Generals are impressed that Digitron has grown stronger thanks to Cruise’s data, but Scrozzle could only wish that Evox was them to rub in how better he was than them. However, Robo-Blaze reminds him that the job is not over yet, ordering Digitron to find more technology, reach his maximum potential, and crush the Power Rangers.
At Grid Battleforce, Nate reveals new Beast-X Mode Keys designed to digitize the Beast Bots, and Ravi and Zoey successfully do so with Smash and Jax. Devon gets his new Beast-X Mode Key as well, where Nate reveals that with the Beast Bots loaded into the keys, they can use them in conjunction with the brand new Beast-X Visor he designed. All they have to do is attach the visor to their Beast-X Morphers and use the Beast-X Mode Keys to turn the Beast Bots into armor for them, amplifying their Beast Powers in the process. Although Nate needs a little more time to fine-tune the visors, the alarm goes off as the Commander informs the Rangers that Digitron is attacking in Sector Bravo 6-4. Nate tells his lab assistant to finish the process and let them know as soon as it's done.
The Rangers arrive at Digitron’s location as he absorbs more technology, and decide to fight the Robotron to buy them some time on the Beast-X Visors. They morph, but Digitron is still too powerful for them to handle as he launches a powerful blast against the main trio. Thankfully, Nate gets a notification that the Beast-X Visors are ready, and Devon summons his before placing it onto his Morpher. As Ravi and Zoey fire at Digitron with their Beast-X Blasters, Nate and Steel restrain the Robotron long enough for Devon to grab Cruise from the inside and digitize him with the Beast-X Mode Key, which weakens Digitron. With Cruise safe and sound, Devon activates his Beast-X Mode, with armor forming around him made from Cruise’s digitized form. Ravi and Zoey follow suit, summoning their Beast-X Visors and activating their Beast-X Mode armors as well from Jax and Smash's digitized forms. Digitron summons a squad of Tronics, but the Rangers show that their new power-ups have amplified their Beast Powers. Devon speed is near teleportation levels, Ravi can create objects from existing matter and swing it around with no problem, and Zoey can create pads around her to jump higher or glide through the air. Once the Tronics are taken care of, Digitron fires back at them, but this time, they feel nothing. After Zoey and Ravi weaken Digitron some more with their Jackrabbit Spin Strike and Gorilla Slam attacks, Devon destroys him for good with a Beast-X Cheetah Charge.
In the Crystal Dimension, Evox returns, but when Scrozzle tries to butter him up by asking how his Morph-X Tower plan is coming along, the former refuses to ignore the latter’s failure. It turns out the Robo-Generals told Evox about Digitron’s destruction, angering Scrozzle. Regardless of his failure, Evox informs his minions that he needs something very important for the next phase of his plans: Nate.
Back at Grid Battleforce, Cruise gives Nate back the Wheel Blasters as he prefers to help Devon in Beast-X Mode as Jax and Smash are excited for more battles like that. Devon and Cruise apologize to each other for their mistakes, the former calling the latter his best friend and Smash celebrates with a big party popper. Then, Ben and Betty arrive with their new cleaning robot made from the Tronic target. It starts cleaning up the confetti on the floor, when it turns its attention to the them, Smash, and the Rangers, because they are covered in confetti! They all attempt to run away as the robot chases them through the hallway and corners them, but thankfully, Cruise destroys it with his Wheel Blasters, impressing and relieving everyone.
Cast[]
- Rorrie D. Travis as Devon Daniels (Grid Battleforce Red)
- Jazz Baduwalia as Ravi Shaw (Grid Battleforce Blue)
- Jacqueline Scislowski as Zoey Reeves (Grid Battleforce Yellow)
- Abraham Rodriguez as Nate Silva (Grid Battleforce Gold)
- Jamie Linehan as Steel (Grid Battleforce Silver) (voice)
- Kelson Henderson as Cruise (voice)
- Charlie McDermott as Smash (voice)
- Emmett Skilton as Jax (voice)
- Kevin Copeland as Mayor Adam Daniels
- Randall Ewing as Evox (voice)
- Campbell Cooley as Scrozzle (voice)
- Colby Strong as Robo-Blaze
- Liana Ramirez as Robo-Roxy
- Kristina Ho as Betty Burke
- Cosme Flores as Ben Burke
- Teuila Blakely as Commander Shaw
- Joel Tobeck as Digitron (Voice)
Errors[]
- It seems Nate and Steel are using Beast-X Morphers instead of their Striker Morphers during their second fight.
- When Digitron shots the Red Ranger, his visor can be seen to be broken.
- Because of this, that scene has repeated from episode 14 in Power Rangers Beast Morphers.
- At the end of the episode when Smash fires the Party Popper, Jax suddenly disappears.
Notes[]
- This is the first episode of Beast Morphers Season 2 in which the Zords do not appear and the first episode not to feature both the Zords and the victory catchphrase ("Virus Eliminated") since the season 1 pilot episode.
- This is also the first episode to have a Robotron without a Gigadrone counterpart.
- The reason for this is because the MegaZord belonging to Digitron's counterpart, SunadokeiZord, didn't appear until the following episode for some reason during the battle against PuppetZord. (Although it is most likely because like the other MegaZords in the later arc of Go-Busters, they took a long time to appear). Digidrone will be adapted as Beast Morphers has adapted Puppetloid as Controlatron on the following episode, "The Blame Game".
- This is also the first episode to have a Robotron without a Gigadrone counterpart.
- In Go-Busters, the reason for him being so strong was that he was originally part of a group of Metaloids/Robotrons called Messiah Metaloids, monsters derived from objects infused with data obtained from cards created from the remaining data left from the main villain, Messiah, after he was originally killed. These were the strongest monsters in Go-Busters and required the new Powered Custom mode and a new Megazord to defeat their MegaZord counterparts. In Beast Morphers, this is explained through him absorbing technology and growing more powerful.
See Also[]
- Mission 33: Morphin'! Powered Custom - Super Sentai counterpart in Go-Busters. See comparison page. (fight footage & story)
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