Lovestruck Rangers

This article is about an episode in Power Rangers Time Force.

Lovestruck Rangers

Power Rangers Time Force, Episode 9x22

Air Date(s)

June 23, 2001

Production Information

Written by

Judd Lynn
Jackie Marchand

Directed by

Worth Keeter

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Lovestruck Rangers is the twenty-second episode of Power Rangers Time Force.

Synopsis[]

Contemptra places the male Rangers under a love spell, making them fight over her human form, Angelique. With three Rangers distracted, Ransik attacks the city. The girls drive off Ransik and while the guys fight each other, face Contemptra herself. Katie and Jen are able to break Contemptra's hold over the guys and she grows to giant size. However, they are able to defeat the mutant with the Shadow Force Megazord and bring her in.

Plot[]

Jen receives a call from a client and gives the other Rangers their odd jobs for the day. Wes asks what Jen plans to do all day. Jen replies that someone has to be there to answer the phone. Wes asks why Jen always gets to answer the phone while the others work. Jen merely tells them to hurry up and get to their jobs.

While washing cars, Lucas meets a beautiful woman struggling with her engine. He helps her restart her engine, and she introduces herself as Angelique. She claims to love fast cars, which excites Lucas. Angelique puts Lucas under a love spell using her bracelet. Frax watches from afar and remarks that the situation is playing out perfectly. While washing windows, Trip also meets Angelique, who now claims to be interested in building robots. She puts Trip under a love spell as well and reports to Frax that there is only one Ranger left to go before revealing her true form as the mutant Contemptra. Angelique unsuccessfully attempts to charm Wes, who claims to like another girl. Angered, Angelique forcefully puts Wes under her love spell, and Wes tells her that he would love to go out with her.

Back at the Clock Tower, Jen and Katie are both happy that Lucas and Trip have found girls to date. They find Wes getting dressed to go out, and Jen asks him where he is going. Katie correctly guesses that Wes also met a girl like the other guys did. Wes happily states that the girl he is dating is very sweet, and Jen is visibly disappointed.

Wes, Lucas, and Trip all meet Angelique at the same restaurant, and the three Rangers confront each other and compete for Angelique's affection. Frax watches them from a distance and tells Ransik that everything is in place.

Ransik takes the opportunity and attacks the city himself, along with his daughter Nadira. Jen and Katie head into battle while Circuit attempts to call the guys. Back at the restaurant, Wes, Lucas, and Trip are still arguing while Angelique states that she can't decide which one of them she wants to date. Circuit contacts Wes and tells him the girls need their help, but Wes rudely ignores him. That leaves only the girls to battle the mutant criminal mastermind. Ransik easily overpowers the two female Rangers before his mutation once again leaves him vulnerable, forcing him and Nadira to retreat.

Jen is furious at the guys for blowing her and Katie off. Wes says that Jen is right and, with his fingers crossed, makes Lucas and Trip agree that none of the three of them will see Angelique again. Jen receives a phone call complaining that Wes never showed up to finish his odd job, and she tracks him down and finds him with Angelique. Using her scanner sunglasses, she discovers that Angelique is really Contemptra and is delighted to find out that Wes is really under a spell.

Wes and Angelique are walking through the park when Lucas and Trip show up, angry with Wes for lying about their agreement. Angelique uses her bracelet to make the three guys physically attack one another. The fight escalates when all three morph into their Ranger forms and begin fighting with their weapons. Jen and Katie arrive and try to get the guys to listen to them. Jen angrily confronts Angelique and exposes her true identity. Contemptra changes back into her mutant form and fights the girls. The girls fire their weapons and destroy Contamptra's bracelet, freeing the guys from her spell. An enraged Jen takes on Contemptra by herself. Contemptra grows into a giant and is defeated by the Shadow Force Megazord. Jen puts Contemptra into a capsule and happily states that there won't be any more trouble from her.

Back at the shop, Wes returns from finishing his odd job. He tells Jen that he has never seen her fight the way she did against Contemptra before, and suggests that her motivations were personal. Jen disputes Wes' claim and insists that Contemptra was nothing but another mutant. Wes states that Contemptra was a babe in human form, and Jen immediately gets mad at him. Wes says he was just joking and says he has a different type. Jen asks what his type is, and the two almost share a kiss before the phone rings. Wes and Jen smile at each other as she answers the phone.

Cast[]

Jason Faunt as Wesley "Wes" Collins (Red Time Force Ranger 2)
Erin Cahill as Jen Scotts (Pink Time Force Ranger)
Kevin Kleinberg as Trip (Green Time Force Ranger)
Michael Copon as Lucas Kendall (Blue Time Force Ranger)
Deborah Estelle Phillips as Katie Walker (Yellow Time Force Ranger)
Daniel Southworth as Eric Myers (Quantum Ranger) (credit only)
Brianne Siddall as Circuit (voice)
Edward Albert as Mr. Collins (credit only)
Vernon Wells as Ransik
Kate Sheldon as Nadira
Neil Kaplan as Gluto (voice)
Eddie Frierson as Frax (voice)
Rachelle Pettinato as Angelique
Valerie Vernon as Contemptra (voice)

Errors[]

When summoning the Shadow Force Megazord Mode Red, Wes calls on the Time Force Megazord Mode Red. He also calls the Shadow Force Megazord's attack Time Strike but that is the Time Force Megazord's attack while Shadow Force is Blizzard Slash.

Notes[]

Valerie Vernon, famously known for her role as Kendrix Morgan in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, voices the mutant Contemptra in this episode.
Daniel Southworth (Eric) and Edward Albert (Mr. Collins) don't appear in this episode.
- There's no in-story reason as to why Contemptra didn't attempt to seduce Eric. The production reason as to why Eric doesn't appear in the episode is because that the Timeranger episode this was based on actually took place before the debut of Eric's counterpart.
Wes was immune to Compentra's attempts to charm him without her powers as he likes Jen.
- The feeling is starting to be reciprocated as Jen appeared jealous when Wes teased her about liking Contemptra's human form.
This marks the 400th episode of the Power Rangers franchise.
This is the first time Ransik and Nadira are seen attacking the city themselves since Force from the Future Pt. 2. However, they are forced to retreat when his bodily attacks kick in and Jen and Katie destroy his serum vial.
This episode also marks the first time Jen and Wes' romance is heavily explored, so much that they almost end up sharing a kiss before being interrupted by the phone.
Time Robota, a robot ally of the Timerangers developed by Sion, cameos as an invention made by "Angelique" to seduce Trip.
When Jen and Katie confront Contemptra, the battle footage was done with American footage, which is due to the fact that Katie was female unlike her Sentai counterpart who was male and was also one of the victims of Contemptra's Sentai counterpart in the original Sentai episode.
- This is the reason why Trip was a victim in this version as his counterpart Sion never met her prior to the battle and was not one of her victims in the Timeranger version.
Following the September 11th attacks, this was part of the set of episodes that had to be re-edited for re-airings and eventual DVD releases:
Frax Tell Ransik to Destroyed the City. The re-edited version changed to "Everything in place" and Stock Explosion footage changed from Building being Destroyed.
When Circuit tell the Rangers : Ransik's Attacking the City were altered in Re-edited version.