Flashes of Darkonda

This article is about a/an episode in Power Rangers in Space, the last installment in the Zordon Era.

Flashes of Darkonda

Power Rangers In Space, Episode 6x16

Air Date(s)

May 16, 1998

Production Information

Written by

Judd Lynn

Directed by

Jonathan Tzachor

Episode Guide

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Flashes of Darkonda is the sixteenth episode of Power Rangers in Space. It is the third episode of the Darkonda arc, regarding the truth around Astronema and her kidnapper.

Synopsis[]

Andros discovers that it was Darkonda who had kidnapped his long lost sister. He does some undercover work on an alien planet, where Darkonda is hanging out at a casino. Andros manages to beat a group of aliens in a game of cards, and win Zordon's key. Meanwhile, Ecliptor tries to poison Darkonda.

Plot[]

Andros is dreaming of Darkonda who says, "we met a long time ago.", then blasts him and disappears. Andros awakes from his nightmare and the rest of the Rangers go to investigate another planet. Andros watches his past when someone captured his sister. However, this time he realizes it was Darkonda who captured her. Andros plans to go to the planet Onyx and he asks D.E.C.A. not to tell the others where he had gone.

While on the planet Onyx, where there are Velocifighters, Quantrons and various past monsters, Andros disguises himself as a traveler. Darkonda is also on the planet and he makes a joke to an ant. Darkonda goes to room 8, where he threatens someone to give him a potion to make him stronger. The person he is talking to is Ecliptor and he gives the person the fake potion to give to Darkonda. There are some aliens playing a card game and Darkonda and Andros join them. There is one monster who had stolen Zordon's key cards in a battle on Eltar. Andros is accused of cheating and the monster that accuses him attempts to blast him. Andros has a call and Darkonda goes to him and they both eye the key cards. Andros wants to find information on KO-35. Darkonda says, he knows it better than anyone. Andros guesses he could make a deal and he tells him everything he knows. Darkonda takes the key cards and tells Andros he went there and kidnapped a little girl making Andros mad. He asks Darkonda where she is and Darkonda says, she is still alive. Before Darkonda can give any details, he sees Andros' Morpher and the both of them start attacking each other. He knows he kidnapped his sister as Andros takes the key cards away from him. Andros summon his Galaxy Glider, morphs into the Red Ranger and Darkonda sends the Quantrons to attack him, but he is able to escape the planet and get back to the Astro Megaship.

The rest of the Rangers talk to Andros and he tells them he was attacked by Darkonda and shows them the key cards. Darkonda sends a transmission to the Red Ranger about his sister. This makes the other Rangers learn that Darkonda was the one who kidnapped his sister.

The Rangers arrive to ask Darkonda where the Red Ranger's sister is, but he asks them to give him the key cards first but the Rangers refused. Darkonda then drinks the potion and starts attacking the Rangers. He overloads because of the potion and he suddenly disappears.

He goes to a parking lot, suffering. Ecliptor finds Darkonda and reveals that he gave him the potion as revenge. Darkonda starts growing into a new form and attacks the Rangers. The Rangers summon the Astro Delta Megazord to attack him.

At the Dark Fortress, Astronema watches Darkonda and the Rangers' fight as does Ecliptor.

Darkonda attacks the Astro Delta Megazord and is too powerful for them. They try everything they can to destroy him but to no avail. The Rangers take the Astro Delta Megazord for a Spinning Cyclone attack which causes him to fall and explode, however he gets right back up; the cyclone only removed the effects of the poison. He then inadvertently creates Mutantrus. They start overpowering the Rangers' Astro Delta Megazord and it goes down.

Cast[]

Christopher Khayman Lee as Andros (Red Space Ranger)
Roger Velasco as Carlos Vallerte (Black Space Ranger)
Selwyn Ward as T.J. Johnson (Blue Space Ranger)
Tracy Lynn Cruz as Ashley Hammond (Yellow Space Ranger)
Patricia Ja Lee as Cassie Chan (Pink Space Ranger)
Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier (credit only)
Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch (credit only)
Donene Kistler as Alpha 6
Wendee Lee as Alpha 6 (voice)
Julie Maddalena as D.E.C.A. (voice)
Melody Perkins as Astronema
Danny Stallcup as Ecliptor
Walter Lang as Ecliptor (voice)
Kenny Graceson as Elgar
Derek Stephen Prince as Elgar (voice)
Steve Kramer as Darkonda (voice)
Brett Walkow as Mutantrus (voice)
??? as Onyx Dealer (voice)
Roger W. Morrissey as Skygantor

Zords[]

Errors[]

The footage of Karone's kidnapping was altered, making it clear that Darkonda was the one responsible.
Psycho Yellow's monster form was present in the Onyx Tavern.
- Also, the Snow Monster was visible amongst the crowd despite being both in a storybook and presumed dead when he was buried in an avalanche.
The strength potion in the Megaranger footage was a pill.

Notes[]

T.J. says he and Cassie are going to go check out a planet in the "Dagobah system", an homage to the planetary system from Star Wars.
Among the characters seen on Onyx are Quantrons, Tenga Warriors (one was holding the Pike weapon of a Gatekeeper from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie), Octophantom, Sinister Simian, Batarax, Snow Monster, Dischordia's Dress Form, Marvo the Meanie, the as-yet-unintroduced Psycho Yellow's monster form, a Chromite, a Cog, a Z-Putty, Coralizer, Punch-A-Bunch, Stag Beetle, Unused Megaranger monster Cicada Nezire, an unnamed white smudgy monster from "Alien Rangers of Aquitar", Beetleborgs monsters Stego Dreg (who worked as a bartender), Terror Bear, and Triplesaurus Rex, B-Fighter Kabuto monster Flame Ant Beast Baeria (referred to as "Aunt Ant" and unused in Beetleborgs Metallix), an alien with the head of a Varox, a monster that resembles Beetleborgs monster Hammerhands with the hands of Googleheimer the Toy Robot, a monster with the head of Dreadfeather and the body of a Ptera Dreg, and a Maggot from Masked Rider. Also present were some of Glaxxon's unnamed alien underlings (resembling the famous Roswell aliens) from another Saban production, National Lampoon's Men In White (which also recycled monster and footsoldier costumes from Power Rangers and associated Saban shows).
Andros learns in this episode it was Darkonda who kidnapped his sister Karone.
The flashback of Karone and Andros playing and Darkonda kidnapping her would appear until the episode "Facing the Past" in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy.
Ecliptor is shown to have survived, despite being near death, in the previous episode.