 This article is about an episode in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy.
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Orion Rising is the twelfth episode of Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, continuing the Lights of Orion and the Magna Defender arcs.
Synopsis[]
After Maya unknowingly eats a cake Kendrix had baked for Damon, a misunderstanding between Kendrix and Maya ensues. Meanwhile, Scorpius sends the Destruxo monster to Terra Venture to find the Lights of Orion. Destruxo creates a force field so he can search undisturbed, but Maya and Kendrix get trapped inside. The two girls must work together to break the force field and save themselves and the others inside before the Lights of Orion are captured.
Plot[]
Kendrix has finished preparing a birthday cake to surprise Damon on his birthday. She puts the cake away in the fridge and leaves, but soon afterwards, a hungry Maya arrives a short time later, and could not find anything until she spots the cake, eating it. When Kendrix returns, she finds Maya had almost completely finished the cake! Kendrix complains that Maya ate the cake without her permission, not telling Maya the cake's purpose. Maya does not understand why she would need permission to eat, and yells at Kendrix for being selfish and for not shopping to replenish the food in the house which motivated her to eat the cake. Leo and Kai arrive and overhear the girls' argument. Maya storms out saying that she'll go shopping for her own food and Kendrix angrily throws the rest of the cake at Maya's direction, but she dodges and ends up hitting Leo.
Scorpius sends the Destruxo monster to Terra Venture to find the Lights of Orion. To keep the Lights from leaving the colony and the Rangers from interfering, Destruxo creates a force field in a remote area of the city. Meanwhile, Kendrix and Maya return shopping still arguing when they both bump into the force field on the inside. They soon suspect Scorpius is behind this and find Destruxo, The girls morph and fight Destruxo, but find themselves outmatched and still in friction with each other.
Shortly afterwards, Leo, Damon and Kai arrive and try to get around the force field from above and below the surface, but are unable to penetrate the force field to help the girls. At the same time, everyone trapped inside - including Maya and Kendrix - begin to suffer from a lack of oxygen. When Maya gets injured fighting, Kendrix makes a temporary retreat to take care of Maya, but Maya is still upset; stating that they should be fighting the monster; not retreating. Kendrix insists that they need the other Rangers, but Maya walks off and goes to fight Destruxo alone. But along the way, Maya finds a confectionery shop with a birthday cake in the window. Maya realizes that the cake she ate was a birthday cake, now understanding why Kendrix got upset with her.
A group of Stingwingers ambush Maya during her realization, but Kendrix fights them off, and gets Maya to safety. Maya apologizes to Kendrix, explaining that her people on Mirinoi do not celebrate birthdays, while Kendrix apologizes overreacting, appreciating Maya's friendship. Maya promises to make another cake after they destroy the force field.
Destruxo finds the exact location of the Lights of Orion and they begin to sprout from the ground of Terra Venture. To make matters worse, Magna Defender, who was also on the outside of the force shield, summons Torozord to destroy the force field. Leo protests for him to not do so, as the force field contained too much energy capable of destroying the colony. Magna Defender, however, ignores Leo's warning and transforms to Defender Torozord, attacking the shield, putting the entire Terra Venture at risk. Maya and Kendrix notice this while Leo, Damon and Kai are forced to morph and summon their respective Galactabeasts to stop Magna Defender, who stops his attack when he feels a very strong pain in the chest that disrupts his Megazord formation, forcing him to retreat.
Maya and Kendrix locate the source of the force field, but Destruxo appears and intervenes to defend it. The girls make a combination of attacks against Destruxo breaking his defense, and Maya destroys the origin of the shield, allowing the other Rangers to enter, as well as the oxygen levels to return to normal. The Power Rangers use the Quasar Launchers against Destruxo, but to no avail. The battle is subsequently interrupted when the Lights of Orion finally emerge from the ground, arousing the attention of the Rangers, Destruxo and Magna Defender. The Lights begin to move in the air and are pursued by Destruxo but they distance themselves and escape from Terra Venture. Destruxo blames the Power Rangers for interfering and ensures that he will find them.
The Rangers celebrate Damon's birthday as Maya watches the window out into space, thinking that the Lights of Orion will soon return.
Cast[]
- Danny Slavin as Leo Corbett (Red Galaxy Ranger)
- Reggie Rolle as Damon Henderson (Green Galaxy Ranger)
- Archie Kao as Kai Chen (Blue Galaxy Ranger)
- Cerina Vincent as Maya (Yellow Galaxy Ranger)
- Valerie Vernon as Kendrix Morgan (Pink Galaxy Ranger)
- Kerrigan Mahan as Magna Defender (voice)
- Neil Kaplan as Destruxo (voice)
- Gayle Sanders as First Little Girl
- Raissa Fernandez as Second Little Girl
Zords[]
VHS/DVD releases[]
- Orion Rising was released on the VHS Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: Return of the Magna Defender.
Errors[]
- Leo has less cake on his neck compared to moments earlier.
- Also Kai has cake splatter on his uniform but, there weren't any on him when the cake splattered on Leo.
Notes[]
- The two little girls Kendrix talks to when everyone is losing consciousness look like Kendrix and Maya, helping her to realize her anger was misplaced.
- When Leo calls the Galactabeasts, for a moment when the condor is shown, it is blue, and the gorilla looks green.
- Scorpius, Treacheron and Trakeena don't appear in this episode.
- The presence of trees and other greenery inside the forcefield, which would presumably help keep the air breathable, is not acknowledged.
See Also[]
- Chapter 22: Appearance of Light - Super Sentai counterpart in Gingaman. See comparison page. (fight footage and story)
