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Jayden's Challenge is the twelfth episode of Power Rangers Samurai. It is the conclusion of a two-part arc that delves into Jayden's past. The episode also introduces the Battlewing Megazord.
Synopsis[]
Jayden leaves the Shiba house hoping to keep the other Rangers out of harm's way but when Robtish reemerges, Jayden finally accepts the fact that he needs his team to fulfill his role as the leader of the Samurai Rangers.
Plot[]
At night, Jayden leaves the Shiba House due to Robtish's actions against them. As he is going, Mentor Ji looks outside the Shiba House wondering where Jayden might be but hopes that Jayden will overcome and have the strength he needs to lead his team in the next Nighlok attack.
Elsewhere, Bulk and Spike have gone to bed. As Bulk was telling a bedtime story, Spike went fast asleep, dreaming about the Pink Samurai Ranger who he fell in love with.
In the morning at the Shiba House, Kevin is busy drawing up a new Megazord blueprint, which is combining the Samurai Megazord and Battlewing. Everyone is busy with doing their stuff.
Back at the Sanzu River, Dayu's playing music on her harmonium while Octoroo is worried that Master Xandred will be very angry at Robtish saying that he failed to destroy Jayden, the Red Ranger. Robtish told Octoroo that the Rangers had help from a half-human. Dayu was thinking that the half-human Robtish explained to Octoroo is Deker (it actually was), then Master Xandred woke up in a very angry mood because he thought that Deker was working for the Rangers (he actually isn't), then he said that he was going to destroy him, but then Xandred took the bowl of liquid from Robtish that was he holding, and drank it. After he drank it, he immediately realized that what he drank wasn't his medicine, then he raged and shattered the bowl to pieces by slamming it onto the floor of the ship, then Furry Warts pop up from the ceiling and Octoroo said to them that they make terrible pets.
As the Rangers are recovering, they acknowledge the fact the Jayden was hurt to see his friends take hits for him. Jayden must find it hard to have the fate of the whole world in his hands.
In the Netherworld, Master Xandred is enraged at Deker, who is busy walking along the seabed coast and summons some Moogers to destroy him. Deker quickly disposes of them, and then Master Xandred appears and challenges him. They fight well, but Master Xandred uses a move to bind him and let his Moogers do the work. Deker demorphs, destroying the Moogers and tells Master Xandred that because of his half-human form, he is allowed to leave the Netherworld as he pleases, and then disappears. Xandred is displeased still. On the ship, Octoroo tells Dayu that Master Xandred almost had him and then Dayu gets worried.
Jayden then goes to the park and sees a kid crying. He makes the kid happy by making paper planes. Jayden thinks to himself this is how it should be. Suddenly, Robtish and his Moogers attack, in which Jayden tells the teachers to get the kids to safety. The crying kid goes to Robtish, picks his paper plane up, and Robtish looks down, in which Jayden takes him away. He tries to defend himself aganist the Moogers, but they easily knock him down.
The other Rangers come to save him, and when they are finished they focus on Robtish. Robtish is defeated by all of the Rangers and turns into a Mega-Monster.
The Samurai Rangers then make their Megazord, and Robtish begins to summon his Flying Moogers to create havoc on the Samurais. Kevin gives Jayden his sketchbook, and along with Mike, form the Samurai Battlewing, make a Samurai combination, and create the Battlewing Megazord. They fly in the air, destroying many Flying Moogers along the way, until the Moogers begin to retreat. The Battlewing Megazord however, catches up with them and quickly dispose of them and begin to fight Robtish. They use their Mega Blades, and quickly defeat Robtish.
Jayden then accepts the fact he needs his team to protect the world, and to fulfill his role as the leader of the Samurai Rangers.
Cast[]
- Alex Heartman as Jayden Shiba (Red Samurai Ranger 1)
- George Beca as Young Jayden
- Najee-De-Tiege as Kevin (Blue Samurai Ranger)
- Erika Fong as Mia Watanabe (Pink Samurai Ranger)
- Hector David Jr. as Mike (Green Samurai Ranger)
- Brittany Anne Pirtle as Emily (Yellow Samurai Ranger)
- Rene Naufahu as Mentor Ji
- Jeff Szusterman as Master Xandred and Octoroo (voices)
- Kate Elliott as Dayu (voice)
- Felix Ryan as Spike Skullovitch
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Rick Medina as Deker
- Mitsuru Karahashi as Deker (Shinkenger footage; see "Errors")
- Peter Daube as Robtish (voice)
- Steven A. Davis as Jayden's Father
- Ashton Asera as Adam
Power Discs[]
- Red Samurai Ranger - Lion (Spin Sword - Quintuple Slash), Samurai (Fire Smasher), Tiger (Fire Smasher - Cannon Blast Mode), Lion + Dragon + Turtle + Bear + Ape (5 Disc Tiger Cannon), Samurai (LionZord), Tiger (TigerZord)
- Blue Samurai Ranger - Dragon (Spin Sword - Quintuple Slash), Samurai (DragonZord), Swordfish (SwordfishZord)
- Pink Samurai Ranger - Turtle (Spin Sword - Quintuple Slash), Samurai (TurtleZord)
- Green Samurai Ranger - Bear (Spin Sword - Quintuple Slash), Samurai (BearZord), Beetle (BeetleZord)
- Yellow Samurai Ranger - Ape (Spin Sword - Quintuple Slash), Samurai (ApeZord)]
Errors[]
- In Spike's dream, when he grabs Mia's hand, if the viewers look closely, the suit's zipper is visible on the wrist.
- In one shot, the viewers see Master Xandred fighting Deker, where he is in the Sanzu River, the viewers see his counterpart.
- When Kevin jumps, and fights the Moogers, his stunt actor face can be seen.
- When Robtish performs his Double Slash attack the subtitles incorrectly read "Turbo Slash".
- When all of the Rangers are drawing the symbol for the Battlewing Megazord combination, they all draw red kanji instead of their respective color.
- As the Rangers spin their Discs to finish off Robitsh, they are briefly shown in the Beetle Blaster Megazord cockpit. As Jayden's stand is shown with the BeetleZord totum, and Kevin, and Mike's stands have the DragonZord, and BearZord totums.
Notes[]
- In some home video releases the previously segment is cut for an unknown reason.
- First time the Tiger Disc is on the Fire Smasher's Cannon Mode.
See Also[]
- Act 12: The Very First Super Samurai Combination - Super Sentai counterpart in Shinkenger. See comparison page. (fight footage & story)