 This article is about a two-part episode in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
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Hogday Afternoon is the two-part season finale and the forty-second & forty-third episodes and the eleven-episode Alien Ranger story arc, as well as the finale of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in general. It marks the final appearance of Aisha Campbell and the debut of Tanya Sloan. It also marks the final appearance of the Rangers, as well as Bulk and Skull, as children and the original Command Center interior.
The thirty-second and final Zeo Serial Short aired before a later airing of Part I.
Synopsis[]
Lord Zedd has brought the Alien Rangers' nemesis Hydro Hog to Earth, and he intends to suck every last drop of water off the planet. While the Alien Rangers struggle to survive, Young Aisha's Zeo Quest takes her to Africa, where she befriends an orphan named Tanya. When she finds the Sub-Crystal, Aisha is faced with a decision that will affect both her future and that of Tanya.
However, there may be no future for anybody when Goldar and Rita finally plant their bomb and arm it to destroy the Command Center. Is this the end of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers?
Plot[]
Part 1[]
With the Zeo Crystal just one piece away from being completely reassembled, Zordon is concerned over how unusually calm Lord Zedd is. Billy, the Ranger kids, and Alpha 5 can do nothing but wait for Aisha to arrive with the last Sub-Crystal. Aisha herself has just landed in Africa, where wild animals prowl on the savanna, and a large lion is eyeing her.
In the Moon Palace, Lord Zedd orders Rita Repulsa to get in contact with Goldar and tell him to hold off on destroying the Command Center until the Zeo Crystal is complete, then steal it and bring it to him before detonating the bomb. To neutralize the Alien Rangers, Zedd intends to bring Hydro Hog to Earth, but this time he will throw Zordon off with a decoy signal so that the tyrant of Aquitar can slip through undisturbed.
Aisha panics as the lion gets closer, but she is pulled to safety by a villager and the lion walks away. The villager, named Tanya, tells Aisha that the lion and many other animals are suffering through a plague that is making them sick, confused, and liable to attack anything they see. When asked about where her parents are, Tanya explains that her parents were explorers and vanished while on an expedition, leaving her in the care of a local village that she is now taking Aisha to. With no other option, Aisha follows her new friend.
Zedd fires the decoy signal, which drives Alpha to react and block it. Zedd then fires the real one and Hydro Hog responds. As he has been bored since the Alien Rangers left Aquitar, he eagerly accepts Zedd's offer to attack Earth and arrives at Angel Grove Lake, just narrowly missing the Rangers as they finish rehydrating and teleport to the Command Center. When they detect Hydro Hog's presence, they morph to do battle with their nemesis. The fight turns into a disaster for the Alien Rangers; Hydro Hog steals their swords and repeatedly strikes them, then proceeds to suck the water out of their bodies before draining all the water out of the lake.
In Africa, Aisha tells Tanya of her quest, and Tanya suggests seeing Ashalla, the wisest person in the village. However, even she can't explain the source behind the plague, and neither can the wildlife researchers. Aisha mentions that she worked at an animal shelter and suggests that she can help, but Tanya explains that they don't need help, they need a miracle.
Back in Angel Grove, Hydro Hog has finished draining the lake and has left to seek more water to drain. Alpha tries to teleport the Alien Rangers to the swimming pool so they can rehydrate, but Hydro Hog has anticipated this and drained the pool by the time they land. Unable to move and with Hydro Hog draining water everywhere on Earth, the Alien Rangers can't stop him.
Down in the tunnels beneath the Command Center, Goldar and Rito have finally reached the prime location to set their bomb, which is already activated. Rito places the 4 smaller pieces around and activates the bomb's timer. Rita arrives and tells them not to blow up the Command Center until they capture the completed Zeo Crystal. Unable to leave due to their new orders and unable to stop the timer, Goldar and Rito can do nothing but wait for the Aisha to bring her crystal back. Meanwhile, Aisha is running for her life with Tanya to get to the village before sundown, when the animals start their nightly hunt.
Part 2[]
As Hydro Hog continues his rampage, large storm clouds holding his accumulated water shroud the entire planet. While Billy and Alpha work on a hyper-ionization beam to force the clouds into raining, the Ranger Kids gather bottled water from whatever sources they can find to help the Alien Rangers.
Aisha arrives in the village with Tanya, and Ashalla welcomes her. Recognizing the name as one shared by her great-aunt, Aisha listens closely as Ashalla tells her about the plague and how the animals' extinction could mean the village's own if it's not cured. Ashalla then tells Aisha that her arrival was foretold for some time, and that she may be the one who can help the land recover. Aisha only wants to find the Sub-Crystal, and so Ashalla gives it to her in the hopes that she will stay and use it to save them.
The Ranger Kids are giving the Alien Rangers as much bottled water as they can carry while Billy activates his device. The beam triggers just enough of a rainstorm on Angel Grove to get the Alien Rangers back on their feet, and they morph once more to confront Hydro Hog. When Rita and Zedd make Hydro Hog grow in size, the Shogun Megazord is summoned to counter him, but he is still too powerful. Billy still has his remote-control for the White Ninja Falconzord, and he is able to summon it and form the Shogun MegaFalconzord to destroy Hydro Hog.
With Earth safe, the Alien Rangers rehydrate. All that remains is Aisha, who is taking Tanya and the Sub-Crystal to where she first arrived in Africa. As Zordon gets in contact with her, Aisha tells him that she intends to stay in Africa and change her family's history in order to help the animals, while Tanya will be returning with the Sub-Crystal in her place. Having anticipated this, Zordon says his farewell to Aisha and accepts her decision. As Tanya is being teleported to the Command Center, she promises that she will make her friend proud, after which Aisha says that Tanya already has.
In the Command Center, Tanya hands the last piece of the Zeo Crystal to Billy, who reassembles the relic and activates the Crystal Transformer. At once, the time reversal caused by Master Vile and the Orb of Doom is erased as Earth rotates forwards. The planet is now back where it belongs in time and all the Power Rangers are restored to their proper ages, and Tanya has grown into a teenager. Aisha herself is restored to her proper age and is living in Africa with Ashalla.
The Rangers leave to say their goodbyes to the Alien Rangers as they return to Aquitar, while Tanya stays with Alpha to get aquainted with her new present. Suddenly, Goldar and Rito teleport into the Command Center and steal the Zeo Crystal before leaving. When the Rangers return, they're shocked to see that the relic they worked so hard to obtain is no longer there. At that moment, the timer on the implosion device hits zero.
Explosions start going off all around the Rangers and Alpha, and Zordon orders them to evacuate. The Rangers initially refuse and try to at least save Alpha by having him leave with them, but the chaos going on around them keeps throwing them off their feet. Zordon tells Alpha to teleport the Rangers out, and as Alpha goes to do so Billy saves the robot from an exploding console but is injured. Alpha then succeeds in teleporting the Rangers out, and then presses buttons on the console as it sparks wildly. The Rangers land just outside the Command Center in time to see it explode, throwing them all off their feet.
As the dust settles, the Rangers recover and are devastated to find smoldering ruins where the Command Center once stood. With no way of knowing if Zordon or Alpha survived and with the Zeo Crystal gone, the Rangers are despondent. Tommy tells the team that this could truly be the end of the Power Rangers.
Cast[]
- David Yost as Billy Cranston
- Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (credit only in Part 1)
- Michael R. Gotto as Young Tommy
- Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos (credit only in Part 1)
- Michael O'Laskey II as Young Rocky
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park (credit only in Part 1)
- Matthew Sakimoto as Young Adam
- Karan Ashley as Aisha Campbell (credit only in Part 1)
- Sicily Sewell as Young Aisha
- Catherine Sutherland as Katherine "Kat" Hillard (credit only in Part 1)
- Julia Jordan as Young Kat
- David Bacon as Aurico (Red Aquitar Ranger)
- Rajia Baroudi as Delphine (White Aquitar Ranger)
- Karim Prince as Cestro (Blue Aquitar Ranger)
- Jim Gray as Tideus (Yellow Aquitar Ranger)
- Alan Palmer as Corcus (Black Aquitar Ranger)
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier (credit only in Part 1)
- Cody Slaton as Young Bulk
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch (credit only in Part 1)
- Ross J. Samya as Young Skull
- Nakia Burrise as Tanya Sloan (Part 2 only)
- Khanya Mkhize as Young Tanya
- ??? as Ashalla (Part 2 only)
- David Fielding as Zordon (face)
- Robert L. Manahan as Zordon (voice)
- Donene Kistler as Alpha 5
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Alpha 5 (voice)
- Carla Perez as Rita Repulsa
- Barbara Goodson as Rita Repulsa (voice)
- Ed Neil as Lord Zedd
- Robert Axelrod as Lord Zedd (voice) and Finster (voice)
- Danny Wayne Stallcup as Goldar
- Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice)
- Bob Papenbrook as Rito Revolto (voice)
- Brad Orchard as Hydro Hog (voice)
VHS Release[]
The following scenes were included on the VHS Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo Quest:
- Aisha's Zeo Quest and encounter with Tanya, as well as her decision to stay in Africa.
- Goldar and Rito's arrival to the center of the Command Center, the planting of the detonator and their theft of the Zeo Crystal.
- The Rangers' goodbye to Aisha and the Aquitar Rangers.
- The destruction of the Command Center.
Errors[]
- Hydro Hog refers to the Aquitar Rangers as "aliens", despite them being from the same planet.
- In Part I, When Rito takes off the back right smaller piece of the bomb, the timer is at 943 then 942, before he offical activates it.
- In Part I, Rita refers to the bomb as a generator, not a detenator.
- In Part II, when Zedd and Rita make Hydro Hog grow, the Falconzord's cage can be seen in the background due to recycling footage from "Another Brick in the Wall".
- In Part II, when the Shogun Megazord falls forward, the shot is mirror-flipped. This is actually from the original Kakuranger episode.
- Zordon refers to the Shogun Megazord as "the Shogunzord".
- Upon being restored to his normal age, Rocky had a shorter haircut than before he turned into a child.
Notes[]
- Part II of this episode aired the same day as Saban's Masked Rider
episode 16, The Heat Is On. - This arc marks the directorial debut of Issac Florentine, who would later direct many subsequent Power Rangers episodes.
- The two-parter's title is a reference to the 1975 Sidney Lumet movie, Dog Day Afternoon.
- This episode marks the final appearance of the Falconzord until "Dimensions in Danger".
- The bomb's timer begins at 999 seconds, which is 16 minutes and 39 seconds.
- Both the final sub-crystal's glow and Tanya’s teleportation color are yellow, foreshadowing her upcoming Ranger powers in the next season.
See Also[]
- Ep. 23: Blitzkrieg!! The Strange White Bird - Super Sentai counterpart in Kakuranger. See comparison page. (fight footage)
- Final Ep.: Sealing!! - Super Sentai counterpart in Kakuranger. See comparison page. (Shogun Megazord final appearance)
External Links[]
- Watch Hogday Afternoon, Part I on the official YouTube page
- Watch Hogday Afternoon, Part II on the official YouTube page