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Dimensions in Danger is the tenth episode of Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel, the second season of Power Rangers Ninja Steel. Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Power Rangers franchise, it serves as a crossover between the Ninja Steel Rangers and several Legendary Rangers as they fight Lord Draven.

The episode also utilizes footage from Shuriken Sentai Ninninger The Movie: The Dinosaur Lord's Splendid Ninja Scroll!.

Synopsis[]

In a very special 25th Anniversary special, The Super Ninja Steel Rangers team up with Legendary Rangers in an epic battle to save the world.

Plot[]

Tommy Oliver, now a father who still lives at Reefside was just return from the dojo to pick up his son, J.J. at their home to school while phoning his wife to prepare a schedule for dinner. As Tommy was about to enter his house, he is captured by Lord Draven.

The Ninja Steel Rangers are playing pool at school when they receive a message from Mick saying they have some visitors. When the Rangers show up, the 3 strangers from the previous episode enter through their portal. They reveal themselves to be Wesley Collins/Time Force Red Ranger, Koda/Dino Charge Blue Ranger, and Gemma/Ranger Operator Series Silver. They explain that Draven has been capturing Rangers from other dimensions and ask the Ninja Steel Rangers if they have seen anything suspicious. They say they haven't but they want to help. Wes explains that first, they need to find Tommy Oliver.

They travel to Oliver's house, where they see Draven and some Basherbots carrying a large chest come through a portal. Robo-Tommy comes out of the house. Madame Odius also appears, reminding Draven about their deal. She then makes the three arrows inside Draven's chest powerful and explains that after firing the first Mega-Arrow, Draven must wait for the sky to turn red. She then goes back to the Warrior Dome. Draven, Robo-Oliver, and the Basherbots leave through the portal. Wes creates his own portal to the Antiverse where the other Rangers follow.

The scene changes to Draven's Robot Ranger factory, where it is seen that Draven has also captured Antonio Garcia/Gold Samurai Ranger, Katherine Hillard/Pink Turbo Ranger I, Rocky DeSantos/Mighty Morphin Red Ranger II, T.J. Johnson/Blue Space Ranger, Gia Morgan/Megaforce Yellow, and Trent Fernandez-Mercer/White Dino Ranger. Draven is using the Rangers to make robotic clones and is assembling an army to tear down the dimensions. Oliver, in his black dino thunder form, destroys one of the cloning machines. Draven's robotic factory is shut down, but he remains assured that his army is already big enough.

Meanwhile, the Ninja Steel Rangers and others try to sneak into Draven's factory, taking out all the Basherbots along the way. The real Tommy Oliver shows up to help them. He leads them into the factory, but Draven finds them. He fires one of his Mega-Arrows into the sky and a black crack forms on the barrier. The Rangers are forced to find another way inside; they find and free the captives. All manage to escape except for Oliver, who gets attacked by his robot imposter, who morphs into the Black Dino Ranger. The real Oliver morphs into his Zeo Ranger V Red form, and the two fight, with the real Tommy also morphing into the White and Green Ranger. The robot gets defeated and the factory explodes into smithereens.

Brody and Sarah are searching for the exit when suddenly they find the chest containing two of Draven's Mega-Arrows. Sarah ties Brody onto the chest, with Preston controlling his Dragon Zord outside the factory. He flies Brody and the chest away along with the other Rangers making their escape, but Draven shoots them down. He fires his second Mega-Arrow into the sky as soon as it turned red. The Ninja Steel Rangers are confronted by Draven's robotic ranger army. They and the other rangers morph and defeat the robots.

Meanwhile, at the Warrior Dome, Badonna reveals that Draven's army was defeated, so Odius orders that Draven be Gigantified.

As soon as Draven becomes gigantic, he fires his final Mega-Arrow at the sky. However, Tommy Oliver morphs into the White Ranger again and his Falconzord catches the Mega-Arrow. The other Rangers shoot Draven from the ground and the Falcon Zord plunges the final Mega-Arrow into Draven, destroying him. The crack in the barrier is fully repaired.

The Rangers all wish each other farewell before returning to their dimensions.

Legendary Rangers[]

Color Name Actor Generation
Green Ranger
White Ranger
Zeo Ranger V - Red
Black Dino Ranger
Tommy Oliver Jason David Frank Mighty Morphin
Zeo
Dino Thunder
Red Ranger Rocky DeSantos Steve Cardenas Mighty Morphin
Pink Turbo Ranger Katherine Hillard Catherine Sutherland Turbo
Blue Space Ranger T.J. Johnson Selwyn Ward In Space
Time Force Red Wesley Collins Jason Faunt Time Force
White Dino Ranger Trent Fernandez-Mercer Jeffrey Parazzo Dino Thunder
Ranger Operator Series Silver Gemma Li Ming Hu RPM
Gold Samurai Ranger Antonio Garcia Steven Skyler Samurai
Megaforce Yellow Gia Moran Ciara Hanna Megaforce
Dino Charge Blue Ranger Koda Yoshi Sudarso Dino Charge

Cast[]

Guest Starring[]

Ninja Power Stars[]

Behind the Scenes[]

  • This is the final appearance of Jason David Frank as Tommy in official Power Rangers canon. Frank confirmed he had no plans to return to the Power Rangers franchise after his appearance in Super Ninja Steel[1], and since passed away on November 19th, 2022.
  • This is the first episode where the Sudarso brothers, Yoshi and Peter, are seen together - the two would reunite in "The Poisy Show".
  • After many attempts at bringing back Catherine Sutherland to reprise her role as Katherine Hillard, she was successfully present in this episode. Sutherland is credited as Cat Chilson in this episode.

Deleted Scenes[]

  • An extended scene of Tommy’s fight with his clone, not included in the broadcast version, features a brief unmorphed fight followed by Tommy morphing into his Black Dino Ranger form before using his Zeo Ranger V Red form.

Errors[]

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  • When Tommy is kicked into the wall, his helmet break is on the wrong side, not matching the impact that occurred. Furthermore, the Master Morpher is held incorrectly when he morphs into his Zeo Ranger V Red form.
  • After Draven opens the package of arrows, it is inexplicably gone in the next shot as he picks up one up.
  • The neck of the White Dino Ranger suit is white when it should be black.
  • Between the Rangers' roll call and the scene of Tommy summoning the Falconzord, the White Dino Ranger is not seen in the Rangers' fight sequence against the robot clones.
  • During the battle, when the Rangers first clash with the robot clones, Gia appears twice in the same shot, once in the center kicking a clone, another in the background of the left, clashing with another clone.
  • During his second White Ranger morph, Tommy shouts out "White Ranger Power!" alone and summons the Falconzord as opposed to "Tigerzord! White Ranger Power!", yet the White Tiger Power Coin was shown, as opposed to the Falcon Power Coin.
  • The position of the Falconzord's cockpit changes as Tommy rises towards the universal rip as he was going after the arrow, and when he was diving to throw it back at Lord Draven.
  • When Draven knocks down the Rangers after losing his last Mega Arrow, Rocky falls down twice in two separate shots.
  • During each close up of the Rangers being cloned and freed, they appear to be arranged in a different order.
  • A crew-member can be seen in the visor reflection of the Blue Robo Ranger next to Draven when the latter tells his clones to fire on the Rangers.
  • In some close ups of Tommy as the Green Ranger, the Dragon Shield appears to have cracks and some parts appear to be flattened. This is due to the overuse of the suit props since Dino Thunder , causing them to fall into a state of disrepair. The Dragon Shield, along with its armbands, gloves and boots would be replaced with a new ones with a more Sentai-accurate look in the 30th anniversary special, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always.

Notes[]

  • This is one of only two episodes in both Ninja Steel and Super Ninja Steel where Cosmo Royale does not make an appearance, the other being "The Poisy Show".
  • Coincidentally:
    • Both episodes aired during Super Ninja Steel.
    • Both episodes were crossovers featuring Veteran Ranger Koda.
  • This is the first time since its debut in "Moment of Truth" that none of the Ninja Steel Rangers use Super Ninja Steel Mode.
  • Tommy drives a Ford Bronco.
  • This episode would mark Jason David Frank's final appearance as Tommy prior to his death in 2022.
  • This is the only non-holiday special that Victor and Monty do not appear in.
  • This episode aired at 8 pm Eastern on the actual 25th anniversary of the first broadcast of "Day of the Dumpster". This makes "Dimensions in Danger" the first episode to premiere in prime-time since "The Team Unites" from Power Rangers Samurai.
  • This is the first Power Rangers anniversary episode of which the Super Sentai counterpart of the current team was not an anniversary season, although Ninninger did intend to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Super Sentai's premiere with returning Rangers during its run.
  • This episode established Ninja Steel/Super Ninja Steel as taking place in the main world of Power Rangers as well as reconfirming the existence of at least three different realities:
  • In Power Rangers Samurai's "Clash of the Red Rangers", Scott claimed that he could not revert to human form because he did not know if he could breathe the air in the main dimension. In this episode, Gemma is able to assume human form without any side effects, meaning it is likely that Scott's worry was misplaced. Also, Residents and Rangers of both dimensions have since visited the other without issues.
  • Tommy, T.J., and Wes previously appeared helmet-less together in "Forever Red" and "Legendary Battle", with "Once A Ranger" being the only anniversary episode so far they all missed.
  • This episode's story about an enemy whose name starts with "Lord Dra-" kidnapping Rangers to use their powers, creating a Ranger army, crossing dimensions, and having an "evil" alternate Tommy involved greatly resembles the comic book storyline, Shattered Grid, which ended a few days after this episode aired.
  • A "flash morph," where a character morphs without the usual stock footage morph sequence, was seen for the first time in the Zeo episode "Invasion of the Ranger Snatchers". As such, Tommy and Rocky's morphs for the final battle in this episode marks the first time a morph for a Mighty Morphin' Power Ranger has occurred instantly, exactly 25 years after the series' debut.
  • When the ten Legendary Rangers morph for the final battle, every common Ranger color is represented except black, which ironically had the most screen time due to Tommy and his robot duplicate using their Black Dino Ranger forms.
    • Red and Blue each have two representatives, with one of each being a Ranger who also used the other color (Rocky and T.J), and the other being one of the three dimension representatives (Koda). Both colors are also the only ones to appear in every season.
  • In a behind the scenes video Jason David Frank posted of the Rangers rehearsing their morphs, Rocky was revealed to be using "Tyrannosaurus" power.
    • During the episode however, the morphed Rocky did the pose associated with the Ape Ninja powers rather than the original Tyrannosaurus pose.
      • During this rehearsal of morphs, several Ranger actors said the wrong morphing call, such as Li Ming Hu saying "Power Rangers! Get In Gear!" as opposed to "RPM! Get In Gear!", Steven Skyler saying "Samurai Ranger, Ready!" as opposed to "Samurai Morpher, Gold Power!", and Jason Faunt merely saying "Time Force!" as opposed to "Time for Time Force!". It is entirely likely that Cardenas simply said the wrong morph for his respective Ranger's appearance in the rehearsal.
  • This episode marks the first appearance of the White Ninja Falconzord since "Hogday Afternoon", the final episode of both the Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers mini-series and all of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
    Falconzord returns
  • This episode marks the only appearance so far of Tommy's Master Morpher.
  • This is the first time since "Worlds Apart" from Power Rangers Time Force that a Ranger's helmet visor breaks. Coincidentally, the Ranger whose visor broke before, Wes, appears in this episode.
  • The Tommy robot clone lecturing Tommy that he has not "been the Black Dino Ranger for over a decade" as well as mocking him as "old" recalls Elsa's asking Tommy in the Dino Thunder episode "Back in Black", "Aren't you a little old for this, Tommy?" just before his first Dino Thunder morph.
  • This marks the fourth time that Tommy has faced off against an evil/alternate version of himself;
    • "Mighty Morphin' Mutants" from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers features a Putty transformed into a clone of the Green Ranger.
    • The three-parter episode "Return of the Green Ranger" features another clone, Tom Oliver, who just like the real Tommy, became good.
    • "Fighting Spirit" featured Tommy facing off against copies of himself as Zeo Ranger V Red, Mighty Morphin White Ranger, and the original Green Ranger, all taking place within his own mind while comatose.
  • This is the third time Tommy has returned to fight alongside previous team members of the Mighty Morphin team.
    • After the first two occasions had Jason as the Red Ranger, this is the first to have Rocky use the power.
    • He would later do this in "Once and Always".
  • This episode reveals that Tommy has a son named J.J. The mother is not shown, although it is speculated that it is Kat, since Tommy was holding her hand when they crossed through a dimensional portal to return home - Power Rangers Zeo's "A Season to Remember" also showed a future where Tommy and Kat have (grand)kids together.
  • This episode marks the return of Kat, Rocky, and Gemma, each of whom have not been seen unmorphed on screen since passing their powers on or the end of their last season.
    • This is the first time Rocky has morphed into the Red Ranger outside of the MMPR era.
    • This is the first time Kat has morphed into the Pink Turbo Ranger outside of Power Rangers Turbo.
      • Both of them would return for the 30th anniversary special Once and Always.
  • In this episode, Rangers from various teams use the morphing call "It's Morphin Time!" despite it not being their morphing call to begin with, likely just as a throwback to MMPR.
  • Gia's outfit changes slightly in this episode; instead of her usual black knee-high boots, she wears short black ankle boots, and she has switched to a normal jacket and shirt instead of the vest and leather jacket she wore in Megaforce and Super Megaforce.
  • Tommy's MMPR Green Ranger suit has once again changed from its last appearance in "Legendary Battle", in order to resemble more closely the one from Zyuranger, despite the MMPR Green Ranger only appearing in original footage. While it retains the Dragon Dagger black holster from the aforementioned episode, the helmet was also changed to no longer feature the silver trim along the dragon nose and the Power Morpher was swapped out with a golden-plated one, both props having been remade for this episode.
  • Tommy's MMPR White Ranger suit has once again changed from its last appearance in "Fighting Spirit", in order to resemble more closely the one from Dairanger, despite the MMPR White Ranger only appearing in original footage. While it retains the belt with the black trims from the aforementioned episode, the chest armor has been altered, now being smaller than in previous appearances.
  • The special marks the final unmorphed appearance of Tommy. He later appears only morphed in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always.
  • The special marks the first time that Gemma physically appears without Gem.
  • The first script of this episode included more lines of Gemma and Wes, as well as an extended version of Tommy's fights against his clone and Lord Draven. The original script included also the return of five additional heroes[3]:

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References[]

Footnotes[]


Power nav icon List of Power Rangers Ninja Steel and Super Ninja Steel episodes Icon-ninninger
Ninja Steel

1: Return of the Prism • 2: Forged in Steel • 3: Live and Learn • 4: Presto Change-O • 5: Drive to Survive • 6: My Friend Redbot • 7: Hack Attack • 8: Gold Rush • 9: Rocking & Rolling • 10: The Ranger Ribbon • 11: Poisonous Plots • 12: Family Fusion • 13: Ace and the Race • 14: The Royal Rival • 15: The Royal Rumble • Halloween Special: Grave Robber • 16: Monkey Business • 17: The Adventures of Redbot • 18: Abrakadanger (episode) • 19: Helping Hand • 20: Galvanax Rises • Christmas Special: Past, Presents, and Future

Super Ninja Steel

1: Echoes of Evil • 2: Moment of Truth • 3: Tough Love • 4: Making Waves • 5: Game Plan • 6: Attack of the Galactic Ninjas • 7: The Need for Speed • 8: Caught Red-Handed • 9: Outfoxed • 10: Dimensions in Danger • 11: Love Stings • 12: Fan Frenzy • 13: Prepare To Fail • 14: Sheriff Skyfire • 15: Tech Support • 16: Car Trouble • 17: Happy to Be Me • Halloween Special: Monster Mix-Up • 18: Magic Misfire • 19: Doom Signal • 20: Reaching the Nexus • Christmas Special: The Poisy Show

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