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Spirit of the Tiger is the sixth episode of Power Rangers Super Megaforce, the second season of Power Rangers Megaforce. This episode is a tribute to Power Rangers Jungle Fury. It features the return of Casey Rhodes.

Synopsis[]

When the Rangers face a monster with a magnetic power to wrench their weapons away from them, Jake and Emma turn to a quiet local Zoo Keeper named Casey to learn a special form of martial arts that helps them channel their personal animal spirits.

Plot[]

The Rangers are exploring animals at the zoo when they see a zooworker cleaning up the tiger pen.

In the ship, Prince Vekar is introduced to Pacha Chamak, who promises to destroy the Rangers. Damaras points out that he's never been defeated in combat before.

Jake and Emma meet up with the stranger, who says he uses combat without the usage of weapons. Suddenly, the two receive a call and have to leave.

The Rangers arrive at the scene and morph to find Pacha Chamak. They defeat the Bruisers but Pacha Chamak steals their weapons. As a result, he overpowers the Rangers.

When he heads back to the ship, Vekar berates him for not destroying the Rangers. Levira promises she came up with something to increase his combat skills.

Jake and Troy are hard on themselves for losing their weapons, reminding themselves that Rangers never let go of their weapons.

But Jake and Emma remember the stranger from the zoo, so they ask him if he can teach them combat with no weapons. Although reluctant at first, he agrees. In the process, the two tap into their Animal Spirits. After some time training, the stranger reveals himself to be Casey, the Jungle Fury Red Ranger.

Meanwhile, the others have been researching the Legendary Database in hopes of creating a new weapon.

Pacha Chamak reappears and begins leaving destruction in his wake. He manages to temporarily beat Troy, Gia, and Noah, but Jake and Emma arrive and use the no-weapons techniques they learned to battle Pacha Chamak. They manage to defeat him before Levira enlarges him.

The Rangers form the Legendary Megazord, but it doesn't work. They then connect with the spirits inside them to finally destroy Pacha Chamak.

Back at the zoo, the Rangers ask to see Casey, but a worker says that there was never a "Casey" that worked there. Jake and Emma apologize to the others for there not being a Casey, but they believe them. They then see Casey in spirit.

Cast[]

Legendary Ranger Modes[]

Elements/Homages to Jungle Fury[]

  • The Air/Water/Land Legendary Ranger Mode by Troy, Noah and Gia is representative of the air/water/land concepts utilized in the first half of the series, both in the three training masters (and their subsequent Spirit Ranger counterparts) of the Jungle Fury Rangers (Bat, Shark, Elephant) and in the three Overlords who are major villains of the first half (Hawk, Jellyfish, Grizzly Bear).
  • The splitting of the Mega Rangers into two groups for most of the episode has significance connected to Jungle Fury:
    • Having Troy, Noah and Gia on their own emphasizes the concept of the main trio which is the core of the main Jungle Fury team; while the joining of Jake and Emma by the end show the addition of the two team-members (Jungle Fury Wolf Ranger and Jungle Fury Rhino Ranger) in the second half to support the team.
  • Coincidentally, the two animals "awoken" in Emma and Jake were technically those associated with major notable villains within Jungle Fury:
    • Phoenix: the secondary spirit of Camille
    • Snake: the spirit of Naja, the leader of the Five Fingers of Poison
      • Casey appears to have learned Camille's Chameleon technique, as seen when he fades away at the end of the episode.
  • The episode's title, Spirit of the Tiger, is similar to Jungle Fury's naming style where every episode title was a four-worded title.

Errors[]

Sun Vulcan in Super Megaforce

Sun Vulcan in Gokaiger Footage.

  • Jake refers to RJ's powers as Purple Wolf. In Jungle Fury, it was always called Jungle Fury Wolf Ranger without reference to the color.
    • In the Italian dubbing this error is corrected as the Jake refers to himself as Wolf Ranger.
  • When Emma and Jake take in hand the Ranger Key Wolf Ranger and Rhino Ranger, you can see that the arms of the keys are raised while in the next scene the arms of the keys are lowered.
  • Troy refers to the charged attack that the Rangers use as the Jungle Fury Rangers as the Jungle Fury Claw Booster. The Claw Boosters were actually the devices the main Jungle Fury Rangers used to enter Jungle Master Mode and/or combine with the Jungle Fury Rhino Ranger's Rhino Morpher to create the Jungle Blade. Troy should've instead referred to it as the Battle Claw.
  • When Jake (as Super Megaforce Green) does a kick against Pacha Chamak before Gia, Troy and Noah transformed into Jungle Fury Rangers, VulPanther and VulShark was clearly seen for one second (seen above). This is because Gokai Red, Blue, and Yellow transformed into Sun Vulcan respectively before they did a full Gekiranger Gokai Change, this error was due to Sentai footage.
  • Noah says that tigers are the only cats who love water but this is also true of jaguars, leopards and fishing cats.  

Notes[]

  • Ironically, Jake and Emma's animal spirit were stated to be the snake and the phoenix, which are the animal motifs of their previous Ranger forms from the predecessing season.
  • This was one of only two tribute episodes from Super Megaforce (the other being “Samurai Surprise”) not to have a villain return from the series it was homaging.
  • The three elements mentioned above are not only represented by the Zords mentioned above but also by the Zords the Mega Rangers summon.
    • Sky: Dragon, Phoenix, Sky Lion, and Sky Brothers (Hawk, Ptera, and Crow Zords).
    • Sea: Shark, Sea Lion, and Sea Brothers (Manta, Sawshark, and Hammerhead Zords).
    • Land: Snake, Tiger, Lion (Robo Knight), and Land Brothers (Dino, Beetle, and Rhino Zords.)
  • This is the last appearances of
    • Super Megaforce Red's Red Wild Force Ranger form.
    • Super Megaforce Blue's Blue Wild Force Ranger form.
    • Super Megaforce Yellow's Yellow Wild Force Ranger form.
    • Super Megaforce Green's Jungle Fury Wolf Ranger form.
  • This episode marks the first crossover in any form between Jungle Fury and another Power Rangers series, given that it neither participated in nor had a team-up episode.
    • This is the only time the Legends between the Gokaiger and Super Megaforce episode are exactly the corresponding Ranger in the episode of the tribute (Casey is Jan Kandou's equivalent) and the only time matching legends appear outside the finale (while equivalents of Ryouma and Matsuri Tatsumi both appear, both are in the final episode and not the equivalent episode)
  • A flashback of Casey defeating the Rinshi Mantor in Welcome to the Jungle: Part 2 is shown when he reveals to Jake and Emma that he is the Jungle Fury Red Ranger.
  • Gokai Red, Blue, and Yellow's change into the unadapted Sentai Sun Vulcan from the original Gokaiger episode is omitted. Thus, a new shot of the Super Mega Rangers morphing into Legendary Ranger Mode Jungle Fury is filmed, as the three Gokaigers were still Sun Vulcan when they transformed into the Gekirangers in the original episode.
  • As of this episode, Jake is the only Ranger who has met and talked to both Legendary Rangers who made an appearance so far.
    • Conversely, Gia is the only Ranger who hasn't met either of the Legendary Rangers that have appeared.
  • The pose Emma does this episode is the same pose as the one done by Shoji of the Heavenly Gravity Star/TenmaRanger of Gosei Sentai Dairanger.
    Spirit of the Tiger
  • Noah recalls meeting Jayden of the Samurai Rangers in the previous episode.
  • This episode marks the final unmorphed appearance of Casey. He would appear morphed in "Legendary Battle" along with the rest of the Jungle Fury Rangers.

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Power nav icon List of Power Rangers Megaforce and Super Megaforce episodes Icon-goseigerIcon-gokaiger
Megaforce

1: Mega Mission • 2: He Blasted Me With Science • 3: Going Viral • 4: Stranger Ranger • 5: United We Stand • 6: Harmony and Dizchord • 7: Who's Crying Now? • 8: Robo Knight • 9: Prince Takes Knight • 10: Man and Machine • 11: Ultra Power • 12: Last Laugh • 13: Dream Snatcher • 14: Gosei Ultimate • Halloween Special: Raising Spirits • 15: The Human Factor • 16: Rico the Robot • 17: Staying on Track • 18: The Human Condition • Christmas Special: The Robo Knight Before Christmas • 19: The Messenger • 20: End Game

Super Megaforce

1: Super Megaforce • 2: Earth Fights Back • 3: Blue Saber Saga • 4: A Lion's Alliance • 5: Samurai Surprise • 6: Spirit of the Tiger • 7 & 8: Silver Lining • 9: Power of Six • 10: The Perfect Storm • 11: Love Is In the Air • 12: United as One • 13: The Grass is Always Greener… or Bluer • 14: In the Driver's Seat • 15: All Hail Prince Vekar • 16 & 17: Vrak is Back • 18: Emperor Mavro • 19: The Wrath • 20: Legendary Battle • EX: The Legendary Battle: Extended Edition

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