 This article is about an episode in Power Rangers Time Force.
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Movie Madness is the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth episodes of Power Rangers Time Force.
Synopsis
The Rangers are duped into watching the filming of an action movie, where they are ambushed by Cinecon and sent into other dimensions which mirror their favorite types of movies. By destroying Cinecon's clapboard, the Rangers are freed from the dimension, only to face the director himself in a giant sized battle. The Rangers successfully rewrite Cinecon's movie, and put the mutant on ice.
Plot
Part 1
Part 2
Cast
- Jason Faunt as Wesley Collins (Red Time Force Ranger)
- 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)
- Brianne Sidall as Circuit (voice)
- Kazuhiro Yokoyama as Frankie Chang
- Vernon Wells as Ransik
- Kate Sheldon as Nadira
- Ewdard Lawrence Albert as Mr Collins (credit only)
- Terrence Stone as Cinecon (voice)
- Masahiro Kuranuki as Trip (Sentai footage)
- Harvey Shain as Cinecon (human form)
Errors
- Trip's counterpart, Sion is briefly seen in this episode, just as the giant Cinecon grabs them.
- Katie's co-star told her she had beautiful blue eyes, however Katie's eyes are brown.
- Part 1 ends with Nadira saying "I reckon this is the end of the trail for you, partner" while Part 2 begins with "This is the end of the trail for you, partner" while laughing.
- Part 1 had subtitles for the Samurai movie, while Part 2 had the characters speaking English.
- The Rangers waited an extremely long time to morph when released from Cinecon's movies.
- The Rangers were shown in the Time Force Megazord's cockpit, despite piloting the Shadow Force Megazord at the time.
- The back wall of the Megazord cockpit was much closer to the Rangers in original footage.
- Eric vanished from the episode between being released from his movie and arriving with the Q-Rex.
- The Rangers' Chrono Morphers are on their right wrists when they are morphing.
Notes
- Katie is the only Ranger who didn't have to fight in the movie dimensions she was sent to. It was a musical dimension, where she was forced to dance and sing. This is perhaps a tongue-and-cheek reference to Zeo's "Another Song and Dance".
- The episode's plot is the same one used in Zeo's "Invasion of the Ranger Snatchers".
- The bar in the Western dimension is the same from used on Onyx, the planet villains hang out at.
- This is the first and only time the Transwarp Megazord (which is named in this episode) is shown fighting a monster.
- Frankie Chang is meant as a parody of Jackie Chan.
- Furthermore, the fight seen in the movie appeared to be inspired by Jackie Chan's Rumble in the Bronx.
- Ransik's outfit in Part 2 is an homage to Vernon Wells' character Wez from Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.
- This episode introduces a new opening credits sequence that will be used all the way to its 3-part finale.
- This is the first time the Megazord cockpit is shown in American footage.
- The Rangers don't appear morphed in Part 1.
- Part 1 uses no Sentai footage.
- Several of the movie dimensions predict future Power Rangers seasons:
- "Samurai Movie" dimension: Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai
- "Kung Fu Movie" dimension: Power Rangers Jungle Fury
- "Jungle Movie" dimension: Power Rangers Wild Force
- Cinecon's film title would be used for the finale of Wild Force.
- In the Jungle Movie scene, the masks that the natives wear are the same ones from Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie.
VHS/DVD Release
- Movie Madness, Part 1 & 2 was released on the VHS Power Rangers Time Force: Photo Finish.
See Also
- Case File 38: Good Night - Super Sentai counterpart in Timeranger. See comparison page. (fight footage and story)