 This article is about an episode in Power Rangers Beast Morphers.
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Golden Opportunity is the fourteenth episode of the second season of Power Rangers Beast Morphers and the thirty-eighth episode overall. This episode features the debut of Nate's parents and Robo-Roxy's Flower Form.
Synopsis[]
Nate is reunited with his parents, who offer him a compelling and difficult choice.
Plot[]
Outside of the Riptide Gym, Zoey is with Nate, who is anxiously waiting for his parents to arrive, whom he has not seen in four months. After Zoey manages to calm Nate down, his parents Bruce and Cheryl finally arrive by taxi and happily hug their son. Nate introduces his parents to both Zoey and Steel, although they are still trying to process that a half-human, half-robot Beast Bot is their new son. Steel tries to ask Cheryl to read him a bedtime story and if Bruce can give him money for ice cream, only for Nate to make up an excuse that Zoey needs to take Steel back to Grid Battleforce for a maintenance check. Ben and Betty arrive on a vehicle and greet Nate's parents. The siblings offer to take their luggage to their hotel room, while Nate and his parents go inside the Riptide Gym to catch up, only for the suitcases to start falling off the back of their vehicle because they were not secured.
As Nate catches up with his parents and finds out about their work in South America, he asks if they're going to be moving back home to Coral Harbor, but they tell him that they are going on a new assignment. To make things more complicated, they are leaving the following day, upsetting Nate as he feels they are leaving him again. Nate’s parents agree that being away from him has been the hardest thing that they've had to do, and actually changed assignments and are moving to Costa Rica for two years, and offer Nate the chance to come along with them. Although Nate is excited at the proposal, he does not say a yes as he has Ranger duties to adhere to, only telling his parents that the situation for him is complicated.
Ben and Betty arrive at the hotel on their vehicles and when the bellhop goes to take the luggage off, he says there's nothing there, which makes the siblings panic as they rush to find them.
Back at Grid Battleforce, Nate tells everybody about his parents' offer but says he cannot go with them due to his responsibilities as both a scientist and a Power Ranger. However, Steel tells Nate that he cannot pass up this chance, with Zoey backing him up as she knows that Nate’s dream has always been to be with his parents. Devon reassures Nate that they can survive without him as the latter already created most of their gear, and Ravi points out that it's only a matter of time before they destroy Evox. Commander Shaw tells Nate that if wants to go with his parents, he can teach the others how to do most of his work such as leaving Devon with weapon maintenance, Ravi with Zord maintenance, Steel learning how to collect DNA samples, and Megan becoming the new head scientist with Zoey offering to help the former out. Feeling confident about this, Nate decides to go and join his parents on their two-year trip, leaving to pack his bags. As he leaves, Steel reassures Zoey that everything will be okay.
In the downtown area, Nate teaches Steel how to use the DNA Scanner, where he collects the DNA of both a flower and a beetle. The two then talk about how hard it will be to be separated, but Steel remarks that he heard that Zoey has a brother who goes to college in another state, and they are still close. Suddenly, Robo-Roxy teleports in and attacks the two before Nate calls for backup as he and Steel morph to continue their fight. The Ranger brothers transport their Striker Sabers in and attack Robo-Roxy. The two manage to hold their own against her, but they soon get overwhelmed until a morphed Devon and Zoey arrive to help them and use their Beast-X Sabers. However, even with it being four against one, Robo-Roxy still manages to hold her own, forcing Devon and Zoey to teleport their Beast-X Visors in and activate their Beast-X Modes. The two attack Robo-Roxy with a Cheetah Charge and Jackrabbit Spin Strike, but the former dodges their attack before they connect. Taking notice of the DNA Scanner on the bench and the DNA samples Nate and Steel collected, Robo-Roxy steals them and teleports away with them. The Rangers are left to wonder what she could do with their DNA Scanner, when Ravi arrives, revealing that he got trapped under the Wheeler Zord's engine while performing maintenance on it. Nate tells the Rangers that they need to get back to the base to replace the DNA Scanner.
The next day at Grid Battleforce, Zoey is working on the new DNA Scanner while Nate is reading stories about his parents and how they come to help people in need, with Zoey calling them Power Rangers too. Nate tells Zoey that leaving the Rangers is hard enough, but it will be even harder being separated from her, but the latter says that she can wait for him and suggest that they can video-chat every night while he is in Costa Rica. Nate brings up that he used to think he was the luckiest guy in the world, but now knows he is. Nate asks Zoey if she needs help with the DNA Scanner, but she tells him that she's got it. Commander Shaw arrives with the other Rangers and the Beast Bots, who say goodbye to Nate and wish him well. Nate’s parents also arrive to pick him up, while Ben and Betty reveal their newest invention: homing luggage that brings Nate's suitcases to them. However, the experiment goes haywire as the moving suitcases explode on contact, spilling clothing everywhere, so everyone works together to get all the clothes back into the suitcases so Nate and his parents can make their flight.
In the Crystal Dimension, Scrozzle uses the beetle DNA from the DNA Scanner that Nate and Steel collected to create a Robotron that's half-beetle and half-robotic inside the Robo-Maker, dubbed Clawtron, which impresses Evox. Seeing that the DNA fusion process worked, Robo-Roxy pulls out the second vial of DNA that was collected and gives the DNA Scanner to Scrozzle, who will combine it with Robo-Roxy to make her more powerful. Robo-Blaze asks what kind of DNA is it, but Robo-Roxy pulls it away and guesses that it's either from a wasp or a scorpion. She then steps into the Robo-Maker with the DNA and Scrozzle starts the DNA fusion. The process is complete and Robo-Roxy steps outside, where she reveals her new Flower Form to everybody, where the Flower DNA combined with her robot form. Although Robo-Blaze mocks her new appearance, Robo-Roxy warns him not to test her. Before a fight could break out, Evox orders Robo-Roxy to save it for their enemies and tells her to take Clawtron to attack Coral Harbor and draw out the Rangers.
Nate and his parents are driving to the airport, about to leave the city and go to Costa Rica. Back at the lab, Steel watches as Zoey continues to work on the new DNA Scanner. He asks her if what she's doing is right, and says she thinks it is. Suddenly, a mistake sparks the motherboard of the Scanner and shorts out the monitor before the jolt travels to the Beast-X Morphers' transport case. Before they fix whatever just happened, Devon and Ravi run in and inform Zoey and Steel about a Robotron attack in Sector Uniform 1-6 and leave to go deal with it. However, what the Rangers didn't see is that the Mega Transporters in the Morpher case were sparking,
The Rangers arrive at the location and see Clawtron attacking civilians, while Robo-Roxy reveals her new Flower Form to them, which Steel recognizes as the DNA he and Nate collected earlier. Seeing this, the Rangers try to summon their Morphers to morph, but their Wrist Comms aren't transporting their Morphers to them. Back in the Command Room, the transport case with the Rangers' gear is short-circuiting, where a technician tells Commander Shaw that the transport system is down, meaning the Rangers can't morph or call for their weapons. Commander Shaw tries to warn the Rangers about this, but they aren't answering. Nate and his parents have arrived at the airport and are unloading their luggage, but Nate hears on his Wrist Comm the Commander informing the Rangers that the transport system has malfunctioned from Zoey's short circuiting the DNA Scanner. Knowing that the Rangers are in trouble, Nate tells his parents that he needs to do something quickly before their flight, and calls Cruise to come pick him up.
Meanwhile, the Rangers try their best fighting the powered up Robo-Roxy and Clawtron unmorphed, but they get tossed around. Nate and Cruise arrive at the lab and grab all the Morphers and weapons before they head out to the Rangers' location. The others continue to be overwhelmed by their enemies, and are about to be destroyed, until Nate and Cruise arrive and blast Robo-Roxy and Clawtron back. The Rangers are confused as to why Nate is here and he tells him that he heard about the transport system being down and gives them their Morphers. He gives Cruise the bag of their weapons for when they need them and proceed to morph.
Commander Shaw informs them of an incoming Gigadrone in their sector. Steel offers to deal with it and heads for the Jet Zord while the others deal with Robo-Roxy and Clawtron. Steel arrives just as the Beta Model Gigadrone, Clawdrone teleports in. Steel hits it with a Rapid Blast, but Clawdrone leaps into the air and fires back at Steel. Nate helps Devon battle Clawtron and pushes him back before Devon has Cruise toss him his Beast-X Visor, allowing the latter to go into Beast-X Mode, and he initiates a Cheetah Charge with Nate riding on top of him. Nate slashes at Clawtron with a Striker Slash from his Striker Saber, destroying the Robotron. Steel calls Devon for help, so he and Nate go off to help Steel, who is fighting against Clawdrone in Scarab Mode. Nate transforms the Wrecker Zord into its Battle Mode, while Devon arrives in the Racer Zord Battle Mode riding the Beast-X King Zord in Vehicle Mode. With the extra help, Devon blasts Clawdrone with a Moto Blast before Nate and Steel destroy it with the Jet Zord Collider Crash. Now that Clawdrone is destroyed, they go back to help the others deal with Robo-Roxy. Meanwhile, Ravi and Zoey manage to push back Robo-Roxy, and Devon returns with the Beast-X Ultra Cannon. He, Nate, and Steel fire a combined Beast Blast at Robo-Roxy, which severely damages her, forcing the latter retreat.
Once the Rangers demorph, Steel tells Nate that Robo-Roxy used their stolen DNA Scanner to power herself up, where Nate realizes that with the Scanner, Evox's crew can do this again. Devon tells Nate that he doesn't have to worry about this and that the four of them can handle it. While the Rangers try to undersell Nate’s involvement in the battle, they admit that they are lost without him as they already broke the transport system, and Devon points out that he can't fathom what might have happened if he did not arrive to help them. The Rangers do not want Nate to leave, but the latter realizes that he needs to get to his flight now. Just as the Rangers arrive at the airport before the flight takes off, Nate tells his parents that although he wants to be with them, Grid Battleforce needs him to help protect Coral Harbor from Evox. His parents understand this as he had to make a hard choice in the matter, with Nate now realizing that their decision to leave him was always hard for them and they were only trying to save people. The Silvas promise to see both Nate and Steel at Christmas and leave after saying goodbye them and the others, with the two brothers leaving with their Ranger family.
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)
- Reid McGowan as Steel (Grid Battleforce Silver)
- Jamie Linehan as Steel (Grid Battleforce Silver) (voice)
- Kelson Henderson as Cruise (voice)
- 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
- Mark Wright as Clawtron (voice)
- Mel Odedra as Bruce Silva
- Rachel Forman as Cheryl Silva
Errors[]
- Nate and Steel morph using the Beast-X Morphers instead of the Striker Morphers during the first fight against Robo-Roxy.
- Nate calls for the Wrecker Runway, Steel announces the Jet Zord Collider Crash finisher, and then the editor suddenly cuts to the runway already engaged and snagging Clawdrone despite having no time to engage.
- When Steel was piloting the Jet Zord, the cockpit can be briefly seen as the Beast-X King Zord.
Notes[]
- Megan was mentioned by Zoey in this episode.
- This is the only episode in either series to feature Evox but not have him play a significant role in the episode since he only oversees the creation of Clawtron and Flower Robo-Roxy.
- Kuwagataloid (Clawtron's Sentai counterpart) is the final Metaloid and KuwagataZord (Clawdrone's Sentai counterpart) is the final MegaZord Beta in Go-Busters.
- This episode is similar to both "Song Sung Yellow" from Power Rangers Zeo and "Ranger Yellow" from Power Rangers RPM. Both have Rangers who are torn between their teams and a change in lifestyle that would require them to leave the team. The latter also has a visit from a Ranger's parents.
See Also[]
- Mission 39: Finishing Blow! Messiah's Fist - Super Sentai counterpart in Go-Busters. See comparison page. (Robo-Roxy fight footage)
- Mission 46: The New Fusion and Overheated Rampage! - Super Sentai counterpart in Go-Busters. See comparison page. (Clawtron's debut)
- Mission 47: Reset and Backup - Super Sentai counterpart in Go-Busters. See comparison page. (fight footage & story)
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