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Short-Circuited is the seventh episode of Power Rangers Time Force.

Synopsis[]

When Nadira kidnaps Circuit and rewires him, the Rangers are out of luck when a giant sized mutant doctor named Medicon attacks the city. Trip uses his powers to find Circuit, and repairs him just in time to defeat the mutant with their Zords.

Plot[]

Trip takes out a jellyfish-like mutant with a Time Strike, and then he grows. The Rangers defeated and freeze him with their Megazord. As Circuit stands on the sidelines, Nadira sneaks up on him to grab him, but he flies off at the last second much to her frustration.

Lucas chews out Trip for reading his mind during a card game, and sticks a band aid on his forehead, grounding his gem for the day. 

Nadira is still bent on capturing Circuit. She reanimates Medicon, the mutant doctor, to do a number on Circuit once she gets a hold of him. 

Nadira cons Trip into believing she is not really evil, and is trying to escape her father's control. When he leaves to buy her a hot dog, she snags Circuit from Trip's backpack and teleports away. 

Medicon opens Circuit and screws up his insides, making him a babbling, useless machine. Medicon then attacks the city, and it isn't long before the Rangers show up to fight him. Trip catches up with the team, and tries to tell Wes that he lost Circuit, but he doesn't get a chance. Katie powers up her Chrono Saber and delivers a devastating attack to Medicon. He doesn't take it too lightly, and the mutant doc grows into a giant. 

When Wes tries to call the Zords, Trip finally reveals that Circuit was kidnapped. Lucas chews him out again, telling him that it would be okay to use his powers if it was really important. 

Trip uses his powers to find Nadira's hideout. He takes her out along with a pair of Cyclobots. Trip finds his short-circuited little buddy, and repairs him. 

They head back to the battle and the Rangers cheer as the Zords are called. The Time Force Megazord Mode Red freezes Medicon.

Cast[]

Errors[]

  • Strangely, Trip was not wearing the hat that hides his Xyberian crystal and green hair while confronting Nadira, though the crystal was covered by a plaster, no one seemed to have noticed or cared.

Notes[]

  • Following the September 11th attacks, this episode was one of several that had to be re-edited for re-airings and eventual DVD releases:
    • After Medicon grows and starts attacking the city, shots of people running away from building debris and injured citizens with difficulty walking were changed to a close-up shot of Medicon.
    • A wide shot of Medicon attacking the city was cut. Although, this scene was shown in "next time on" segment from the previous episode.
  • This is the first of two episodes that focuses on Circuit; the other being "Circuit Unsure".
  • When he is first released from cryo-stasis, Medicon's reaction to Nadira approaching him and strobing his chest ("Helloooooo, nurse!") is a reference to the 1993 animated series Animaniacs, in which characters Yakko and Wakko Warner would react the same way to the sight of the attractive nurse character Hello Nurse.

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Power nav icon List of Power Rangers Time Force episodes Icon-timeranger

1 & 2: Force from the Future • 3: Something to Fight For • 4: Ransik Lives • 5: A Blue Streak • 6: A Parting of Ways • 7: Short-Circuited • 8: Jen's Revenge • 9: The Time Shadow • 10: Future Unknown • 11: Uniquely Trip • 12: Worlds Apart • 13: The Quantum Quest • 14 & 15: Clash for Control • 16: Bodyguard in Blue • 17: The Legend of the Clock Tower • 18: Trust and Triumph • 19: Trip Takes a Stand • 20: Quantum Secrets • 21: The Last Race • 22: Lovestruck Rangers • 23: Full Exposure • 24 & 25: Movie Madness • 26: Time Force Traitor • 27: Frax's Fury • 28: Dawn of Destiny • 29: Fight Against Fate • 30: Destiny Defeated • 31: Undercover Rangers • 32: Beware the Knight • 33: Time for Lightspeed • 34: Reflections Of Evil • 35: Nadira's Dream Date • 36: Circuit Unsure • 37: A Calm Before the Storm • 38-40: The End of Time

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