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Day Off is the fifth episode of Power Rangers Samurai. This episode introduces the Beetle Disc and BeetleZord, debuting the combination of the Beetle Blaster Megazord.

Synopsis[]

While the other Rangers spend their leisure time at the Rainbow's End amusement park, Jayden remains behind to master the use of the Beetle Disk as the rest of the team encounter the Nighlok Dreadhead.

Plot[]

Kevin, Emily, and Mia are training at the house. Suddenly, Mike comes in on a skateboard, telling the other three that Mentor Ji told the Rangers to take a day off. Even though Kevin says they just started their workout, Kevin says that he won't disobey a direct order. Mia thinks that they should go shopping, but Emily suggests that they all go to an amusement park called Rainbow's End. When Mike asks Jayden if he's coming, he declines, saying he has "training to do". The other Rangers leave.

While the other Rangers are enjoying the rides, Bulk and Spike are also there, eating some cotton candy and gaining a "Spoil of War", a Panda bear which they name their mascot.

Back at the house, Jayden is struggling to master the powerful Beetle Disc, which requires the power of two discs. The power of the disc nearly burns Jayden as he tries to use the disc with his Spin Sword. Mentor Ji tells Jayden that he needs balance in his life besides being the Red Ranger, but Jayden brushes it off and continues training anyway.

Meanwhile, Dreadhead attacks Rainbow's End and the Rangers morph. However their swords are useless againist him and he quickly disposes of them and then Jayden arrives. His sword too does no damage and Jayden is hit by Dreadhead's shotgun. Then Jayden tells the other Rangers to use a move and it does damage to Dreadhead. Jayden then takes the BeetleZord Disc out, and the other Rangers are curious, but Jayden stalls and Dreadhead dries and retreats in a gap.

At the House, Mike is asking about the Disc and Mentor Ji tells him it is the BeetleZord Disc. It might be the only one left, as many Zords were destroyed a long time ago.

In the Netherworld, Master Xandred is pleased at Dreadhead's work, and Dayu insults Dreadhead and Octoroo tells them to stop it. Master Xandred then tells Dreadhead to go back to Earth to start scaring up more humans, which he does.

At the House, Ji finds Jayden still training, who fails and then gets knocked unconscious.

Dreadhead attacks again, and Jayden is unable to respond, as he is still unconscious from the blow. Ji wakes him up and gets Jayden going, and the other Rangers are defeated. Dreadhead is about to give the fatal blow to Kevin but then Jayden arrives and saves him. Jayden gets the BeetleZord Disc out, stalls, and Dreadhead attacks him, in which Jayden uses the Disc and creates a cannon from it. The Rangers place all their Discs on it and use the cannon to destroy Dreadhead and he grows into a Mega-Monster.

The Samurai Rangers form their Samurai Megazord to fight it and even with their sword, it is unable to hurt him. Dreadhead then summons 9 Giant Moogers, armed with various weapons. Jayden gets the BeetleZord out of its disc, and combines it with the Samurai Megazord. Dreadhead is surprised, the Moogers back down, but Dreadhead orders the Moogers to attack, which the Samurai Megazord uses the BeetleZord's power to form the Beetle Blaster Megazord to defeat the first few Moogers. The laser then destroys the other Moogers later and Dreadhead is destroyed by the rotating Beetle Blaster attack.

Meanwhile, Ji gives the Rangers another day off as the Nighlok attack happened yesterday. Jayden and Emily are carrying some cotton candy and all the Rangers ride a roller coaster.

Cast[]

Power Discs[]

  • Red Samurai Ranger - Beetle (Spin Sword), Lion (Spin Sword - Quintuple Slash), Samurai (Fire Smasher) (x3), Beetle (Fire Smasher) (x2), Lion + Dragon + Turtle + Bear + Ape (5 Disc Beetle Cannon), Samurai (LionZord), Beetle (BeetleZord)
  • Blue Samurai Ranger - Dragon (Spin Sword - Quintuple Slash), Samurai (Hydro Bow), Dragon (Hydro Bow), Samurai (DragonZord)
  • Pink Samurai Ranger - Turtle (Spin Sword - Quintuple Slash), Samurai (TurtleZord)
  • Green Samurai Ranger - Bear (Spin Sword - Quintuple Slash), Samurai (BearZord)
  • Yellow Samurai Ranger - Ape (Spin Sword - Quintuple Slash), Samurai (ApeZord)

Errors[]

  • In some scenes throughout the episode, (mostly during the second half) if the viewers look closely, the barrels on Dreaadhead's gun are not covered up.
    • Additionally, at the start of the Megazord battle, when Dreadhead first fires his gun, the barrels are briefly visible before they are suddenly covered.
  • When the Rangers finish off Dreadhead, they are briefly shown in the Samurai Megazord cockpit, instead of the Beetle Blaster Megazord. As Jayden's is shown with the Lion totum on his stand.

Notes[]

  • Rainbow's End is a real theme park located in Manukau, a suburb of South Auckland, New Zealand, where this season and many before it were filmed. It is New Zealand's largest theme park. The rides featured as well as the entryway to the park all exist in real life as the episode was filmed on location. The roller coaster the Rangers ride is the Corkscrew Roller Coaster, the only one of it's kind in New Zealand and a main attraction at the park.
  • The barrels to Dreadhead's gun were covered through editing, possibly to avoid the implications of gun violence. 
  • This episode is similar to "Weather or Not" from Power Rangers Operation Overdrive. In both episodes, the Red Rangers initially sturggled with the power of a new Zord - Mack struggled with the Drill Driver while Jayden had problems with the Beetle disc. In both cases, these Zords eventually get passed to other Rangers. Coincidentally, these Zords were both orange mecha.
  • The message of this episode was that Jayden needed balance in his life to master the Beetle disc and have a bit of fun, although Jayden was only able to master the disc with even more training while the other Rangers continued to relax, which goes against the message of the episode.

See Also[]

External Links[]

Power nav icon List of Power Rangers Samurai and Super Samurai episodes Icon-shinkengerIcon-supersamurai
Samurai

1 & 2: Origins • 3: The Team Unites • 4: Deal With a Nighlok • 5: Day Off • 6: Sticks and Stones • 7: A Fish Out of Water • 8: There Go the Brides • 9: I've Got a Spell on Blue • 10: Forest for the Trees • 11: Test of the Leader • 12: Jayden's Challenge • 13: Unexpected Arrival • 14: Room for One More • 15: The Blue and the Gold • 16: Team Spirit • 17: The Tengen Gate • 18: Boxed In • 19: Broken Dreams • 20: The Ultimate Duel • Halloween Special: Party Monsters • Christmas Special: Christmas Together, Friends Forever

Super Samurai

1: Super Samurai • 2: Shell Game • 3: Trading Places • 4: Something Fishy • Movie: Clash of the Red Rangers • 5: The Rescue • 6: The BullZord • 7: He Ain't Heavy Metal, He's My Brother • 8: Kevin's Choice • 9: Runaway Spike • 10: The Strange Case of the Munchies • 11: A Sticky Situation • 12: Trust Me • Halloween Special: Trickster Treat • 13: The Master Returns • 14: A Crack in the World • 15: Stroke of Fate • Christmas Special: Stuck on Christmas • 16: Fight Fire With Fire • 17: The Great Duel • 18: Evil Reborn • 19: The Sealing Symbol • 20: Samurai Forever

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