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The Great Bookala Escape

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Season 2), Episode 2x36

Air Date(s)

November 23, 1994

Production Information

Written by

Judd Lynn

Directed by

John Stewart

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The Great Bookala Escape is the 36th episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 2 as well the 96th episode as a whole series.

Synopsis

An unusual crash landing creates a mystery for our heroes. The Rangers decide to investigate the spacecraft further and they discover its amazing cargo. But, Lord Zedd prepares to lay claim to the craft.

Plot

Billy, Adam, and Aisha are playing Frisbee in the park, while Bulk and Skull are trying a new attempt on finding the identities of the Power Rangers by using a book on UFOs to determine that they are from outer space. Suddenly, what looks like a spacecraft comes flying through the park and crashes, and Bulk attempts to photograph it only to find that there's no film in his camera.

As Billy, Adam, and Aisha approach the spacecraft, they are fired upon by Serpentera. They manage to grab the spacecraft and wrap it in their blanket before teleporting away. Inside Serpentera, Lord Zedd yells at Goldar for missing the target and tells him not to say anything about needing to recharge his power-guzzling Zord again.

At the Command Center, Billy, Adam, and Aisha unveils the spaceship and its occupant to Tommy, Kimberly and Rocky. The occupant is introduced by Zordon as Bookala, a kindly alien who is being pursued across the galaxy by Lord Zedd. Bookala's ship is powered by a rare Lightning Diamond, an infinite source of energy that Zedd wants to install into Serpentera, thus ending its frequent power-failures and making it invincible.

Seeing as how an invincible Serpentera is a headache that neither the Rangers nor Earth needs, they come up with an idea to create a fake Bookala and Lightning Diamond to distract Zedd while the real Bookala and diamond escape back into space. Zordon approves of the plan, knowing Zedd's greed will be used to their advantage. Back in the park, Bulk and Skull replicate one of the crop circle signs (as seen in their book) in an attempt to attract both aliens and Power Rangers.

While repairing the spacecraft, the Rangers get to know Bookala, who comes from a planet that is also named Bookala. Though normally doll-sized, Bookala can grow to the height of a human when holding the Lightning Diamond. He is also very intelligent and tries to imitate others to learn their language. When Bookala uses a snow globe to show them that it snows on his planet, Billy mentions that there is no snow in Angel Grove.

The spacecraft is repaired just as Serpentera approaches Earth in Zedd's second attempt to get the Lightning Diamond. To prevent them from helping Bookala escape, Zedd creates Weldo from Billy's welding machine to stop them. While trying to escape in the park with "Bookala" and his ship, the Rangers morph to fight off Weldo. When Weldo hits Bookala, Billy destroys him with his Blade Blaster in outrage.

Zedd then orders Goldar to go down to Earth and get the Lightning Diamond. Arriving with Z-Putties, Goldar defeats the Rangers and takes the diamond, unaware that Bookala and the real diamond are still in the Command Center. Back in Serpentera, Zedd inserts the diamond into the Zord's power systems, anticipating victory now that the Rangers and Earth will be unable to stop Serpentera at its full strength.

While the Rangers are saying their farewell to Bookala, Zordon warns them that Zedd is coming closer to Earth. Before leaving, Bookala shows his appreciation by summoning snow in Angel Grove as a gift for the Rangers. After returning to his doll form, he and his ship leave for his home. In flying away, Bulk and Skull presumably succeed in taking pictures of the spacecraft.

Inching closer to Earth and feeling assured of his victory, Zedd's mood suddenly sours when Serpentera suffers another power-failure. He realizes too late that the Lightning Diamond he has is a fake and orders Goldar to blast Bookala's spacecraft, which only wastes even more of Serpentera's power as it escapes unharmed. Furious over his lost chance to steal the diamond, Zedd turns the fake Bookala into an evil version of the original and tosses him a growth grenade. Not fooled by the fake, the Rangers call for their Thunderzords and forms the Thunder Megazord, which destroys the monster.

At the Youth Center, Kimberly receives a postcard from Jason, Zack, and Trini from their time at the World Peace Conference in Switzerland. She reads aloud to the others as Bulk and Skull show up with developed pictures which they believe are of the Power Rangers. However, the photos turn out to be that of Bulk and Skull covered in paint, earning them laughter from everybody.

Cast

Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (Mighty Morphin White Ranger)
Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos (Mighty Morphin Red Ranger)
Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)
David Yost as Billy Cranston (Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
Karan Ashley as Aisha Campbell (Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger)
Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart (Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger)
Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
David Fielding as Zordon (face)
Robert L. Manahan as Zordon (voice)
Sandi Sellner as Alpha 5
Richard Steven Horvitz as Alpha 5 (voice)
Ed Neil as Lord Zedd
Robert Axelrod as Lord Zedd (voice)
Danny Wayne Stallcup as Goldar
Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice)
Eddie Frierson as Weldo (voice)
??? as Bookala (voice)
Dave Mallow as Evil Bookala (voice)

Notes

This episode marks the first appearance of a non-villainous alien (other than Zordon) in Power Rangers.
Final time Trini would ever be mentioned on Power Rangers (outside of flashbacks and clip shows) with their postcard from the World Peace Conference to the Power Teens read aloud by Kimberly. Jason is also included as one of the senders, but he will return in Zeo's "A Golden Homecoming" as the Gold Ranger. Zack, who is also included as one of the senders, would later appear morphed in the Super Megaforce finale, Legendary Battle. Whether the Yellow Ranger in the same episode was Trini or Aisha was left unknown, though Karan Ashley was originally slated to appear as Aisha in the episode.
Though not canon, the Zeo Serial (Short #12) has some unnamed citizens sharing Bulk & Skull's belief that the Power Rangers are alien.
- Furthermore, said speculation is proven to have merit due to the later debut of Rangers originating from other planets like Aquitar Rangers, Trey of Triforia, Andros, Karone, Zhane, Maya, Trip, Tyzonn, Orion and some of the SPD A-Squad.
This episode is the lowest-rated episode of the series on IMDb with a score of 1.1/10 from 197 users.

Errors

Adam, Billy and Aisha morph's sequence plays slightly out of order, with Billy morphing before Adam.
After Aisha morphed, a frame from Rocky's morph sequence could briefly be seen.
While in the workshop, Aisha is wearing a Hawaiian lei for no apparent reason.
When Billy blasts at the Weldo monster with his blade blaster, the words "Zyuranger" can be clearly seen on his blade blaster.
Despite being with the others when the Evil Bookala grew, Tommy didn't summon the White Tigerzord.

Locations

Angel Grove Park
Youth Center
Command Center
Workshop
Rock Quarry

Song

I Will Win

@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 |epcode = 2x36
 |airdate = November 23, 1994
-|writer = Judd Lynn
+|writer = [[Judd Lynn]]
-|director = John Stewart
+|director = [[John Stewart]]
 |previous = Scavenger Hunt
 |next = Forever Friends}}
+'''The Great Bookala Escape''' is the 36th episode of [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 2]] as well the 96th episode as a whole series.
 ==Synopsis==
 An unusual crash landing creates a mystery for our heroes. The Rangers decide to investigate the spacecraft further and they discover its amazing cargo. But, Lord Zedd prepares to lay claim to the craft.
 ==Plot==
-While playing Frisbee in the park, Billy, Adam and Aisha dodges an alien ship. On the other side of the park, Bulk and Skull try a new attempt on finding the identities of the Power Rangers using an UFO book with the belief(and later being true) that they are Aliens from Outer Space. Bulk took picture of the space craft, but Skull reminded him that there's no film in there.
+[[Billy Cranston|Billy]], [[Adam Park|Adam]], and [[Aisha Campbell|Aisha]] are playing Frisbee in the park, while [[Bulk]] and [[Skull]] are trying a new attempt on finding the identities of the Power Rangers by using a book on UFOs to determine that they are from outer space. Suddenly, what looks like a spacecraft comes flying through the park and crashes, and Bulk attempts to photograph it only to find that there's no film in his camera.
-[[Bookala]] crash landed in Angel Grove, where his ship was picked up by Billy, Adam and Aisha. [[Lord Zedd]] realizes this and orders Goldar to fire at once. While under attack, Adam runs quickly to grab the blanket, wrap it around the ship and allowed the Rangers to escape with the ship. Inside [[Serpentera]], Zedd yells at Goldar for missing the target and refused to hear anymore about needing to recharge his zord for it has been drained with too much power.
+As Billy, Adam, and Aisha approach the spacecraft, they are fired upon by [[Serpentera]]. They manage to grab the spacecraft and wrap it in their blanket before teleporting away. Inside Serpentera, [[Lord Zedd]] yells at [[Goldar]] for missing the target and tells him not to say anything about needing to recharge his power-guzzling Zord again.
+At the [[Command Center (Mighty Morphin)|Command Center]], Billy, Adam, and Aisha unveils the spaceship and its occupant to [[Tommy Oliver|Tommy]], [[Kimberly Ann Hart|Kimberly]] and [[Rocky DeSantos|Rocky]]. The occupant is introduced by [[Zordon]] as [[Bookala]], a kindly alien who is being pursued across the galaxy by Lord Zedd. Bookala's ship is powered by a rare Lightning Diamond, an infinite source of energy that Zedd wants to install into Serpentera, thus ending its frequent power-failures and making it invincible.
-At the Command Center, Billy, Adam and Aisha unveils the spaceship to Tommy, Kimberly and Rocky. Zordon revealed that Bookala was being pursued across the galaxy by Zedd because his ship is powered by a rare lightning diamond. If Zedd succeeds in getting the diamond, he could give the often power drained Serpentera an infinite power source thus making it invincible. This is a headache that neither the Rangers and Earth need. When inside its ship, it is the size of a doll and even looks like one but can grow to full size when holding the diamond. From the planet of the same name, Bookala is very intelligent and tries to imitate others to learn their language. The rangers come up with an idea to create a fake Bookala and Lightning Diamond to distract Zedd while the real Bookala and diamond went back into space and escape. Zordon approves of the plan, knowing Zedd's greed in his attempt to gain the rare lightning diamond can be used against him.
-While in the park, Bulk as Skull replicate one of the crop circle signs seen in the book in an attempt to attract both aliens and Power Rangers.
+Seeing as how an invincible Serpentera is a headache that neither the Rangers nor Earth needs, they come up with an idea to create a fake Bookala and Lightning Diamond to distract Zedd while the real Bookala and diamond escape back into space. Zordon approves of the plan, knowing Zedd's greed will be used to their advantage. Back in the park, Bulk and Skull replicate one of the crop circle signs (as seen in their book) in an attempt to attract both aliens and Power Rangers.
+While repairing the spacecraft, the Rangers get to know Bookala, who comes from a planet that is also named Bookala. Though normally doll-sized, Bookala can grow to the height of a human when holding the Lightning Diamond. He is also very intelligent and tries to imitate others to learn their language. When Bookala uses a snow globe to show them that it snows on his planet, Billy mentions that there is no snow in [[Angel Grove]].
-While repairing the ship, Bookala is impressed with the rangers helping him out. His ship is soon repaired and Bookala uses a snow globe to show them it snows on Bookala as well, which Billy revealed there is no snow in Angel Grove. Tommy calls Billy, Adam and Aisha warn them about Zedd approaching Earth in a 2nd attempt to get the lightning diamond. To prevent them from helping Bookala escape, Zedd created [[Weldo]] from Billy's welding machine to stop them. While trying to escape in the park with Bookala and his ship, Tommy, Kimberly and Rocky morph to help them reach the park. When Weldo hit Bookala, he is in despair thinking he may never get home. Outraged with Weldo, Billy had him destroyed for harming his friends with his Blade Blaster in gun mode. To keep Bookala and the real diamond safe, the Rangers had him teleported to the Command Center.
+The spacecraft is repaired just as Serpentera approaches Earth in Zedd's second attempt to get the Lightning Diamond. To prevent them from helping Bookala escape, Zedd creates [[Weldo]] from Billy's welding machine to stop them. While trying to escape in the park with "Bookala" and his ship, the Rangers morph to fight off Weldo. When Weldo hits Bookala, Billy destroys him with his [[Blade Blaster]] in outrage.
-On the way to Earth, Goldar takes notice of the Rangers attempt to send Bookala back into space. Zedd orders him to get that diamond and stop the Rangers. Goldar leaves for Earth while Zedd laments he'll teach the alien a lesson in not fleeing from him. After putting both the fake Bookala doll and diamond on the ship, Goldar arrives demanding the lightning diamond. After beating the Putties, the rangers turn their attention to Goldar who manages to defeat them and steal the "lightning diamond". He gloats that Serpentera will be unstoppable and teleports away. The Rangers succeed in their plan and Zedd now has the fake diamond.
-In Serpentera, Goldar brings what it's believed to be the Lightning Diamond to Zedd, whom is pleased knowing that the Rangers and Earth will be unable to stop Serpentera at it's full strength.
+Zedd then orders Goldar to go down to Earth and get the Lightning Diamond. Arriving with [[Z Putty Patrollers|Z-Putties]], Goldar defeats the Rangers and takes the diamond, unaware that Bookala and the real diamond are still in the Command Center. Back in Serpentera, Zedd inserts the diamond into the Zord's power systems, anticipating victory now that the Rangers and Earth will be unable to stop Serpentera at its full strength.
-While the Rangers are saying their farewell to Bookala, Zordon warns them that Zedd is coming closer to Earth. Before leaving, Bookala shows his token of appreciation by letting it snow in Angel Grove as a gift for the Rangers. After returning to his doll form he and his ship leave for his home. In flying away, Bulk and Skull presumably succeed in taking pictures of the spaceship.
+While the Rangers are saying their farewell to Bookala, Zordon warns them that Zedd is coming closer to Earth. Before leaving, Bookala shows his appreciation by summoning snow in Angel Grove as a gift for the Rangers. After returning to his doll form, he and his ship leave for his home. In flying away, Bulk and Skull presumably succeed in taking pictures of the spacecraft.
-Inching closer to Earth and feeling assured of their victory, Zedd noticed something wrong when Serpentera had lost power. He realized too late that they were tricked by the Rangers when [[Goldar]] took the fake diamond out Serpentera's power grid and it fried. Enraged at seeing Bookala escape, Zedd ordered Goldar to fire at the ship, which only succeeded in further damaging Serpentera. Furious over his lost chance to steal the diamond, Zedd turned the fake Bookala into an [[Evil Bookala|evil version]] of the original to fight the Rangers. They aren't fooled, so Zedd uses one of his grenades to grow the evil Bookala. Calling for the thunder zords, the rangers prepared to fight the fake. This Bookala had a long and deadly black tongue that lashed out and wrapped around the Thunder Megazord, but the Rangers untied themselves from this situation by slicing the tongue with the Thunder Saber. The Evil Bookala was destroyed by the Thunder Saber.
+Inching closer to Earth and feeling assured of his victory, Zedd's mood suddenly sours when Serpentera suffers another power-failure. He realizes too late that the Lightning Diamond he has is a fake and orders Goldar to blast Bookala's spacecraft, which only wastes even more of Serpentera's power as it escapes unharmed. Furious over his lost chance to steal the diamond, Zedd turns the fake Bookala into an [[Evil Bookala|evil version]] of the original and tosses him a growth grenade. Not fooled by the fake, the Rangers call for their [[Thunderzords]] and forms the [[Thunder Megazord]], which destroys the monster.
-At the youth center, Kimberly receives a postcard from Jason, Zack and Trini from their time the World Peace Conference in Switzerland. She reads aloud to the others as Bulk and Skull show up with developed picture which they believe is the Power Rangers. However as they take the developed photos from the envelope, everyone laughs at Bulk and Skull when it reveals it was photo of themselves covered in paint.
+At the [[Angel Grove Youth Center|Youth Center]], Kimberly receives a postcard from [[Jason Lee Scott|Jason]], [[Zack Taylor|Zack]], and [[Trini Kwan|Trini]] from their time at the World Peace Conference in Switzerland. She reads aloud to the others as Bulk and Skull show up with developed pictures which they believe are of the Power Rangers. However, the photos turn out to be that of Bulk and Skull covered in paint, earning them laughter from everybody.
 ==Cast==
-*[[Jason David Frank]] as [[Tommy Oliver]] (White Ranger)
+*[[Jason David Frank]] as [[Tommy Oliver]] (Mighty Morphin White Ranger)
-*[[Steve Cardenas]] as [[Rocky DeSantos]] (Red Ranger) (as Steven Cardenas)
+*[[Steve Cardenas]] as [[Rocky DeSantos]] (Mighty Morphin Red Ranger)
-*[[Johnny Yong Bosch]] as [[Adam Park]] (Black Ranger) (as John Bosch)
+*[[Johnny Yong Bosch]] as [[Adam Park]] (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)
-*[[David Yost]] as [[Billy Cranston]] (Blue Ranger)
+*[[David Yost]] as [[Billy Cranston]] (Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
-*[[Karan Ashley]] as [[Aisha Campbell]] (Yellow Ranger)
+*[[Karan Ashley]] as [[Aisha Campbell]] (Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger)
-*[[Amy Jo Johnson]] as [[Kimberly Hart]] (Pink Ranger)
+*[[Amy Jo Johnson]] as [[Kimberly Ann Hart]] (Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger)
-*[[Paul Schrier]] as [[Bulk]]
+*[[Paul Schrier]] as [[Farkas Bulkmeier|Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier]]
-*[[Jason Narvy]] as [[Skull]]
+*[[Jason Narvy]] as [[Eugene Skullovitch|Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch]]
+*[[David Fielding]] as [[Zordon]] (face)
+*[[Robert L. Manahan]] as Zordon (voice)
+*[[Sandi Sellner]] as [[Alpha 5]]
+*[[Richard Steven Horvitz]] as Alpha 5 (voice)
 *[[Ed Neil]] as [[Lord Zedd]]
 *[[Robert Axelrod]] as Lord Zedd (voice)
-*[[Danny Wayne]] as [[Goldar]]
+*[[Danny Wayne Stallcup]] as [[Goldar]]
 *[[Kerrigan Mahan]] as Goldar (voice)
 *[[Eddie Frierson]] as [[Weldo]] (voice)
 *??? as [[Bookala]] (voice)
-*??? as [[Evil Bookala]] (voice)
+*[[Dave Mallow]] as [[Evil Bookala]] (voice)
 ==Notes==
+*This episode marks the first appearance of a non-villainous alien (other than [[Zordon]]) in ''Power Rangers''.
-*Final time [[Zack Taylor|Zack]] and [[Trini Kwan|Trini]] would ever be mentioned on ''Power Rangers'' (outside of flashbacks and clip shows) with their postcard from the World Peace Conference to the Power Teens read aloud by Kimberly. [[Jason Lee Scott|Jason]] is also included as one of the senders, but he will return in ''[[Power Rangers Zeo|Zeo]]'''s "[[A Golden Homecoming]]".
+*Final time [[Trini Kwan|Trini]] would ever be mentioned on ''Power Rangers'' (outside of flashbacks and clip shows) with their postcard from the World Peace Conference to the Power Teens read aloud by Kimberly. [[Jason Lee Scott|Jason]] is also included as one of the senders, but he will return in ''[[Power Rangers Zeo|Zeo]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "[[A Golden Homecoming]]" as the Gold Ranger. [[Zack Taylor|Zack]], who is also included as one of the senders, would later appear morphed in the [[Power Rangers Super Megaforce|''Super Megaforce'']] finale, [[Legendary Battle]]. Whether the Yellow Ranger in the same episode was Trini or Aisha was left unknown, though [[Karan Ashley]] was originally slated to appear as Aisha in the episode.
-*[[Serpentera]] appears next in "[[The Wedding]], Part 3".
 *Though not canon, the [[Zeo Serial]] (Short #12) has some unnamed citizens sharing Bulk & Skull's belief that the Power Rangers are alien.
-**Furthermore, said speculation is proven to have merit due to the later debut of Rangers originating from other planets like [[Aquitar Rangers]] & [[Trey of Triforia]].
+**Furthermore, said speculation is proven to have merit due to the later debut of Rangers originating from other planets like [[Aquitar Rangers]], [[Trey of Triforia]], [[Andros]], [[Karone]], [[Zhane]], [[Maya]], [[Trip]], [[Tyzonn]], [[Orion]] and some of the SPD [[A-Squad|A-Squad.]]
+* This episode is the lowest-rated episode of the series on IMDb with a score of 1.1/10 from 197 users.
 ==Errors==
+*Adam, Billy and Aisha morph's sequence plays slightly out of order, with Billy morphing before Adam.
+*After Aisha morphed, a frame from Rocky's morph sequence could briefly be seen.
 *While in the workshop, Aisha is wearing a Hawaiian lei for no apparent reason.
+*When Billy blasts at the Weldo monster with his blade blaster, the words "Zyuranger" can be clearly seen on his blade blaster.
+*Despite being with the others when the Evil Bookala grew, Tommy didn't summon the White Tigerzord.
 ==Locations==
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 ==See Also==
-{{seealsosentai|Ep. 14: Well, a Wedding|Gosei Sentai Dairanger}} (Weldo footage and Evil Bookala Zord battle)
+{{SS|Ep. 13: The Ka-Kabuki Novice|Gosei Sentai Dairanger}} (Weldo footage)
+{{SS|Ep. 14: Well, a Wedding|Gosei Sentai Dairanger}} (Weldo footage and Evil Bookala Zord battle)
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