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Forever Friends is the thirty-seventh episode of the second season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Synopsis[]
Aisha’s friend from Stone Canyon, Shawna Hilton comes to Angel Grove for the annual gymnastics' tournament but is extremely bitter with Aisha about her skipping town for apparently no reason. However, Lord Zedd sends Goldar to Earth and he kidnaps Kimberly and Shawna. As the other Rangers work to free them, Zedd creates the Jaws of Destruction to rip them limb from limb.
Plot[]
Aisha's friend Shawna from Stone Canyon comes for a visit before a gymnastics competition and quickly dislikes Kimberly believing her to be a rival stealing her best friend away. Aisha tries to ease the strain between Shawna and Kimberly with a picnic at the park.
Back in Lord Zedd's palace, he comes up with a plan to defeat the Power Rangers by capturing the Pink Ranger and Shawna in an effort to weaken them. When Goldar questions the plan, Zedd quickly silences him. He tells Goldar if he has them captive, the others will refuse to cooperate with each other, leaving Zordon and Earth defenseless. He sends Goldar out to capture the Pink Ranger and Shawna at once.
In woodshop, the guys must deal with Bulk and Skull bragging about their latest plan to find out the secret identities of the Rangers, believing their newly built jet packs will give them an advantage to catch up to them. Despite Billy's warning for them not to, Bulk and Skull decide to test out the jet packs anyway. Their first test is in the park but ends with them crash landing in a stack of hay.
At the park, Goldar arrives and captures Kimberly and Shawna while leaving Aisha alone. In a panic state, she tries to communicate with the others. Realizing the guys are still at the shop, Aisha rushes back to the school to warn them about what Goldar has done to Kimberly and Shawna.
Back at the Moon Base, pleased with Goldar's success for capturing Kimberly and Shawna, he'll think that if the other Rangers discovered that Aisha did nothing to stop Goldar from kidnapping Kimberly and Shawna, Zedd anticipates they will blame her for it.
At woodshop, Aisha tells the boys about what Goldar did to Kimberly and Shawna. Tommy and the others head to the Command Center, leaving Zedd furious they didn't blame Aisha. Taking matters into his own hands, Zedd creates the Jaws of Destruction from a saw in the woodshop to destroy them.
Being held captive in a cave with a force field and guarded by Zedd's Z-Putties, Shawna admits her fears. Kimberly tells her she is doing fine, leading Shawna to question why she would still want to be her friend after the terrible things she did. Kimberly reveals she knows what it's like to deal with feeling lonely since her parents' divorce. Shawna is surprised that Kimberly has divorced parents and admits how she felt when her father left. When Aisha transferred to Angel Grove High School, Shawna felt like Aisha left her behind like her father. Kimberly understands the pain since she felt that way when her dad left her but discovered that he still loved her no matter what.
At the Command Center, Aisha tells Zordon of the situation Goldar put her in when he captured her best friends. Zordon wisely tells her that no one blames her, but she is still unsure. The alarm goes off and the Rangers see on the Viewing Globe another of Zedd's monsters, the Jaws of Destruction, has started his attack. The Rangers quickly morph into action. Upon seeing the Rangers flying in the air, Bulk and Skull activate their jet packs once again, but the packs stop working and causes the boys to crash into each other.
The Jaws of Destruction sends the Putties to battle the other four Rangers while Tommy deals with the ones guarding the captive Kimberly and Shawna. He manages to destroy the guarding Putties and enter the cave to rescue the girls. Using Saba to temporary break the force field. Shawna runs out quickly, but the field activates again before Kimberly could run out. Tommy tells Alpha to teleport her home. Shawna doesn't want to leave her new friend behind, but Kimberly encourages her to return home and that the White Ranger will find a way to free her. Shawna is teleported home and Kimberly morphs into action. Using her skills, she dismantles the force field permanently.
Back at the Moon Palace, Zedd yells at Goldar for leaving Putties to do his job rather than guard the cave himself. He orders Goldar back to Earth to deal with Tommy before he frees Kimberly at once.
Heading outside the cave, Tommy and Kimberly are face to face with Goldar. Tommy convinces Kimberly to help the other Rangers with the Jaws of Destruction and the other Putties while he deals with Goldar. Kimberly arrives in time to help the other Rangers defeat the Putties before turning their attention towards the Jaws of Destruction. Not to be outdone, Zedd throws a Growth Grenade at the Jaws of Destruction and make him grow. The Rangers call for the Thunderzords to become the Thunder Megazord. They defeat the Jaws of Destruction with the Thunder Saber. Tommy defeats Goldar and sends him back to the Moon.
Back on the Moon, Zedd once again yells at Goldar for messing up his plans and his failure to defeat Tommy. He swears that he won't show any more mercy towards the Power Rangers.
Coming into the Youth Center, a bandaged Bulk and Skull are laughed at by the guys with Billy sarcastically remarking that they "really" ran into the Power Rangers. However, Bulk tells the guys that it won't stop them from finding out the secret identities of the Power Rangers. Skull agrees and when they do find out, everyone will call them heroes. Kimberly preps for the gymnastics competition and Aisha tells her how grateful she was for her being nice to Shawna. Kimberly gives a near perfect gymnastics performance that puts her in the lead by 9.8. Then it's Shawna's turn to perform her part of the competition that leads to a tie between her and Kimberly. In the end, they share the trophy with Aisha.
Cast[]
- Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (Mighty Morphin White Ranger)
- Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos (Mighty Morphin Red Ranger)
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)
- David Yost as Billy Cranston (Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
- Karan Ashley as Aisha Campbell (Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger)
- Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart (Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger)
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- Alissa Ann Smego as Shawna Hilton
- David Fielding as Zordon (face)
- Robert L. Manahan as Zordon (voice)
- Sandi Sellner as Alpha 5
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Alpha 5 (voice)
- Ed Neil as Lord Zedd
- Robert Axelrod as Lord Zedd (voice)
- Danny Wayne Stallcup as Goldar
- Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice)
- Michael J. Sorich as Squatt (voice)
- Dave Mallow as Baboo (voice) (as Colin Phillips)
- Chuck Kovacic as Jaws of Destruction (voice)
Songs[]
Trailers (start)[]
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Video Collection (Featuring Ones from: The Wanna-Be Ranger, Putty on the Brain, Bloom of Doom, Where There's Smoke, There's Fire, Rocky Just Wants to Have Fun, and Goldar's Vice-Versa)
- VR Troopers Video Collection (Featuring Ones from: Lost Memories, Computer Captive, Oh Brother, Error in the System, and Virtual V-6)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Promos (end)[]
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Books and Soundtrack (The White Album)
- VR Troopers Books
VHS Releases[]
- Girl Series: Forever Friends
- Power Rangers Power Playback: Classic Ranger Edition - Yellow Ranger Adventure
DVD Releases[]
- Power Rangers Super Samurai: A Christmas Wish
Errors[]
- During the Zord fight the setting goes from daylight to sunset in the span of a few seconds.
- Zordon says that the Jaws of Destruction is in Angel Grove Park, but the fight occurs in the countryside.
Notes[]
- Footage of the Jaws of Destruction's fight can be seen in "Lights, Camera, Action", even though the airing of that episode predated this one by nearly two weeks due to Fox Kids airing episodes out of the intended order.
- Kathy Fisher performs All to Myself," the song playing during the gymnastics competition. Fisher would later perform the song on-camera in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Season 3) episode "The Potion Notion."
See Also[]
- Ep. 7: Traitor! - Super Sentai counterpart in Dairanger. See comparison page.
- Ep. 8: Father!! - Super Sentai counterpart in Dairanger. See comparison page.
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