Not So Simple

This article is about an episode in Power Rangers RPM.

Not So Simple

Power Rangers RPM, Episode 17x21

Air Date(s)

August 22, 2009

Production Information

Written by

Matthew Negrete

Directed by

Peter Salmon

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Not So Simple is the twenty-first episode of Power Rangers RPM. It features the debut of the Road Attack Zord.

Synopsis[]

For the first time, Gem and Gemma split up on something. Gemma believes in what Flynn can do. Together they work on the Road Attack Zord on the side. With all their resources used up, Doctor K has to trust the untested technology and they use it to destroy the latest Attack Bot.

Plot[]

Gemma writes her diary about the Rangers while Summer was watching over Dillon's tests, Scott arguing with his father over the overuse of shield power, and Ziggy showing off his 'victory' pose when he demorphs to Gem and Gemma, who were unamused. She then says Flynn is a simple mechanic, He read her diary, accidentally. He is upset and shows off a device to clean a car. The alarm sounds, it is a shield breech, the seven go off.

An Attack Bot grows big and the three Megazords fight it. The Megazord trio go down. Flynn made a new Engine Cell, Doctor K is against it and he blasts the other two Megazords and there is a system failure. Doctor K does something and fixes it. The three Megazords destroy Knight Bot. Flynn feels bummed that they were almost destroyed.

At the evil lair, Tenaya 7 says the Attack Bot was a failure because Shifter designed it. Venjix has a new plan. Tenaya wants to design the new Attack Bot but Shifter has a new one.

Back at the lab, Doctor K chastises Flynn for making a new Engine Cell. She says they can't make a Megazord for now. Gemma keeps writing in her dairy, saying that he may not be a simple mechanic. Gem goes off to bed, she tells him she will go after him. She finds a wheel and plans in the garbage. Gemma plugs in the wheel and does a scan on it. Flynn scolds her for messing with her stuff. She wants to know the name. He says it wasn't sanctioned. She wants to upgrade it, just them. Flynn is surprised, he asks if she is going to complete his sentences. She wants to call it the Road Attack Zord. They take turns falling asleep.

General Shifter's Hammer Bot attacks in the morning, the Rangers wake up. The place is being attacked, the Rangers race out. Gemma tells Gem to go off without her. Gemma tells Doctor K about the new weapon and they used her system. Doctor K is upset and against using it.

Meanwhile, the others fight the Hammer Bot. Dillon fights it and goes down. Elsewhere, Flynn and Gemma are in Flynn's jeep and Tenaya attacks them. Tenaya fights them as they roll out of the car. Flynn goes down and the girls go at it. Flynn intervenes. The Colonel wants to send his men. Flynn pleads to Doctor K and the Colonel about the Road Zord. Doctor K sends it in.

It goes through the Rangers and heads toward the Hammer Bot. It tries holding it back but gets slammed into a building. It heads towards the Rangers and Gold holds it back and gets hurt in the process.

Flynn and Gemma hear this as they fight Tenaya. The Zord comes towards Gold and the others stop it. Flynn apologizes. Gemma goes awol on Tenaya and picks Flynn up. Gem gives a whack to the Zord in the center and the wheel miniaturizes. Gemma says it is her fault because she gave it too much power. They hop into his jeep and tells Doctor K is listening carefully.

Hammer Bot grows into a giant and is about to attack the Rangers when Flynn and Gemma attacks with their Zords. Shifter backs out. Doctor K diverted the energy from the Wheel Zord, it was Flynn's idea. They form the SkyRev Megazord. Blue has a new Engine Cell and gives it to Gold. He deploys the Road Attack Zord. It transforms into a robot and attacks Hammer Bot. Doctor K tells Colonel Truman that she hopes he is not doubting the competence of her or of her Rangers. SkyRev and the new Zord destroy the foe.

Venjix scolds Tenaya, she says it is the human in her, Venjix says she is 100% robotic.

Gemma writes in her dairy, saying she finds the Blue Ranger more fascinating than the others, it sounds like she has feelings for him. Flynn asks if she is up to making new anti-Venjix stuff this weekend, she is all for it but since Gem is there, he says she can't, she is busy doing stuff with him.

Cast[]

Eka Darville as Scott Truman (Ranger Operator Series Red)
Ari Boyland as Flynn McAllistair (Ranger Operator Series Blue)
Rose McIver as Summer Landsdown (Ranger Operator Series Yellow)
Milo Cawthorne as Ziggy Grover (Ranger Operator Series Green)
Daniel Ewing as Dillon (Ranger Operator Series Black)
Mike Ginn as Gem (Ranger Operator Series Gold)
Li Ming Hu as Gemma (Ranger Operator Series Silver)
Olivia Tennet as Doctor K
James Gaylyn as Colonel Mason Truman
Adelaide Kane as Tenaya 7
Andrew Laing as Venjix Virus (voice)
Charlie McDermott as General Crunch (voice)
Mark Mitchinson as General Shifter (voice)
Damien Avery as Corporal Hicks
??? as Knight Bot
??? as Hammer Attack Bot

Cells[]

Ranger Operator Series Red - Engine Cell #1 Eagle Racer (In Eagle Racer)
Ranger Operator Series Blue - Engine Cell #2 Lion Hauler (In Lion Hauler) and Engine Cell V (Wireless Charger)
Ranger Operator Series Yellow - Engine Cell #3 Bear Crawler (In Bear Crawler)
Ranger Operator Series Green - Engine Cell #4 Tail Spinner (In Tail Spinner) and Engine Cell #6 Croc Carrier (In Croc Carrier)
Ranger Operator Series Black - Engine Cell #5 Wolf Cruiser (In Wolf Cruiser) and Engine Cell #6 Croc Carrier (In Croc Carrier)
Ranger Operator Series Gold - Engine Cell #7 Falcon Chopper (In Falcon Chopper), Engine Cell #9 Whale Jumbo Jet (In Whale Jumbo Jet) and Road Attack Zord Cell
Ranger Operator Series Silver - Engine Cell #8 Tiger Jet (In Tiger Jet) and Engine Cell #9 Whale Jumbo Jet (In Whale Jumbo Jet)

Errors[]

to be added

Notes[]

The background song that plays while Gemma and Flynn are working on the Road Attack Zord sounds very similar to "Take On Me", a hit for the musical group A-ha in the 1980s.
Flynn is shown to be a brilliant inventor, creating several helpful appliances.
This episode teaches Doctor K not to look down on others when they attempt to add to the RPM arsenal.