 This article is about an episode in Power Rangers Beast Morphers.
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The Greater Good is the eleventh episode of the second season of Power Rangers Beast Morphers and the thirty-fourth episode overall. It's the second and final episode of Captain Chaku's arc and the final appearance of Ryjack. It also serves as a prelude to the upcoming crossover between Beast Morphers and Dino Charge.
Synopsis[]
The Rangers do everything they can to help their new ally return home.
Plot[]
The Rangers and Commander Shaw arrive at Captain Chaku’s location, where he's extinguishing a fire and ask what happened. He informs them that he was too late as Ryjack got away with several barrels of Morph-X just as he arrived. They realize that Ryjack has allied with Evox as it's the third time this week he has been after Morph-X, but Chaku reminds them that Ryjack’s true goal is to steal the Legendary Ranger Weapons from the Ranger Vault and has spent years chasing down Ryjack's gang of intergalactic outlaw, and he's the toughest of them all. The only way to stop him for good is to track him down and destroy him. To make things fair, Chaku’s superiors at G5 Galaxy Police are sending him his battleship, the Reptillobeast, which should help them the next time they face off against Ryjack, which excites Steel. Impressed with the work he has accomplished in Coral Harbor, Commander Shaw offers Chaku a position at Grid Battleforce once Ryjack is defeated, and although he hesitates for a bit, he accepts the offer.
In the Crystal Dimension, Ryjack is on call with Evox and his minions, as Scrozzle has the Tronics load the Morph-X the alien stole into their systems as they have a large supply of it now. Evox is impressed with the work Ryjack has done, as he reveals that his Vivixs and Putties are tunneling underneath the Ranger Vault under Grid Battleforce HQ, but while the Robo-Generals try to pipe in that they showed him where to dig, Evox ignores them and tells Ryjack that he was wise to trust him. After Ryjack cuts communications, Evox and Scrozzle relish in how the former is doing all the hard work for them, and that all the Legendary Ranger weapons will be theirs. Suddenly, Evox starts to feel weak due to being away from Morph-X for so long. So, the Robo-Generals hooks him up to his pump station as the Morph-X starts to heal him.
At Grid Battleforce, Captain Chaku sets up his room with Ben and Betty’s help, but the two open a box containing an alien plant. Chaku warns them not to move unless they want to be eaten, but they freak out when the plant starts growing and end up get eaten. Fortunately, Chaku sprays the plant so it would spit Ben and Betty out, but they're covered in its saliva and go to wash it off. Once alone, Chaku sits down to make a call to his daughter, Starlight, who asks him to take off his helmet to see his smile. Chaku says he cannot due to his duties, and ends the call. Unbeknownst to Chaku, Nate overhears the call and tells Devon, Ravi, Zoey, and Steel about this new revelation, making them wonder why he would want to stay on Earth rather than be with his daughter. Before they can talk about it more, Jax tells everyone to be quiet and listen, where they hear some construction noise coming from underneath them, and surmise that Ryjack is trying to go after the Ranger Vault. Devon points out that there's a drainage tunnel near the base and thinks that he's trying to burrow in. The Rangers grab Chaku and go to take a look.
Meanwhile, underneath the building, Ryjack orders his Putty Patrollers and Vivixs get a move on and dig faster as they are so close to the Vault, but the Rangers destroy them and confront Ryjack along with Chaku. Surprised that Captain Chaku tracked him down, the Rangers tell him it's his last chance to surrender, but he refuses, and a fight ensues. The Rangers and Chaku try to fight him, but Ryjack uses his shield to protect himself, with Devon finding out the former has a thick skin, meaning that physical attacks are useless. Before he can finish off Devon and Chaku, Nate and Steel attack him while Devon, Ravi, and Zoey teleport their Beast-X Sabers and Beast-X Blasters in. While Nate and Steel manage to temporarily restrain Ryjack, Chaku succeeds in knocking the latter down. The Rangers fire at Ryjack with the Beast-X Cannons' Beast-X Strike, while Chaku slashes him with the Enforcer Strike, but Ryjack survives their combined attacks and teleports away. Chaku is frustrated that they couldn't destroy him, but Devon assures him that Ryjack's going down.
Returning above ground, the Rangers go to Commander Shaw so the tunnel can be closed, while Nate pulls Chaku aside and tells him that he overheard his call with his daughter. A defensive Chaku says that he has a responsibility on Earth and cannot be with his daughter right now, but Nate pushes for the truth as he personally knows what it is like to be separated from his parents due to growing up with them being overseas constantly. Chaku relents and shows Nate the real reason why he cannot come home, where he takes his helmet off to reveal that he is a cyborg. In order to survive his dangerous missions, the Galaxy Police made him half-machine and gave him great powers, but also took away the father his daughter remembers. Although Nate reassures Chaku that his daughter would love him no matter what, the latter does not believe him and says he will never return home.
Back in the Crystal Dimension, Ryjack blames his failure to infiltrate Grid Battleforce on bad luck, but Evox asks him tells him to be more persistent, before suggesting that he bring in his collection of relics here so they can use them against the Rangers. Ryjack refuses as they are locked away and secured on his ship that's hidden on Earth, with Robo-Blaze and Robo-Roxy calling him stupid for revealing that to them. Ryjack arrogantly proclaims that the Rangers will not last for too long against him before teleporting away to fight them. However, Evox knows that Ryjack does not stand a chance against the Rangers alone, and once the latter is destroyed, his collection of relics will be theirs.
Grid Battleforce picks up Ryjack’s location on a building rooftop, and the Rangers and Chaku go out to confront him for one last battle, where the Rangers morph. Ryjack tries to use his Reanimizer to revive some foot soldiers, but Captain Chaku knocks away the device out of his hand before he can use it. Afterwards, the Rangers and Chaku fight against Ryjack, depriving the latter of both his shield and sword before cornering him. However, Ryjack reveals one last trick up his sleeve: a mysterious device he found from the ruins of the planet, Andresia. He activates the device, which turns him into a giant, much to the shock of the Rangers. As the Rangers race to their Zords with Chaku watching, Scrozzle manages to secretly claim the discarded Reanimizer without their knowledge before teleporting away with it.
The Rangers board the Beast-X Ultrazord, just as Ryjack creates a dark cloud over the city. The Rangers fire an Ultra Beam at Ryjack, only for him to block it with his shield and then fire a blast from his horn, before he knocks the Ultrazord off its feet. He continues to blast them with his horn beams, where the blast shorts out the Ultrazord's system, forcing Nate to reboot the entire system, leaving the Rangers vulnerable. Fortunately, Chaku informs them that Reptillobeast has entered Earth’s orbit, and summons it for assistance. Chaku uses the Reptillobeast's Enforcer Inferno to fire back at Ryjack, which gave Nate enough time to reboot the Ultrazord's systems and get back on their feet. Ryjack charges at them again, but this time, they manage to dodge him and fire several Ultra Beams at him, knocking his shield away in the process. Afterwards, Devon summons the Cheetah Beast Blaster for the Rangers to initiate the Beast-X Ultra Strike, finally destroying Ryjack as the sky turns blue again.
Back at Grid Battleforce, the Rangers congratulate Captain Chaku for finally completing his mission, meaning he can retire from the G5 Galaxy Police. Although Chaku expects to work with Grid Battleforce now, Shaw notices that he does not seem happy about it based on the tone of his voice. Nate leads Chaku to the Neural Aligner room, where he explains that this technology infused Devon, Ravi, and Zoey with animal DNA and made them Power Rangers, and also made Steel's robotic body become half-human. Nate reveals that he was able to adjust the setting so it could remove Chaku’s cybernetic enhancements, making him fully human once again. Chaku is speechless, and agrees to the opportunity so he could become a dad again, and steps into the Neural Aligner. Nate activates it and successfully turns Chaku back into a human again, who is more than pleased by the results. Chaku tells Nate that his parents must be immensely proud to have a son like himself, and hugs him. Steel attempts to ask Chaku for the Reptillobeast, but he tells him that it's G5 Galaxy Police property, which disappoints him, before he bids farewell to the Rangers and teleports back to his homeworld.
A few days later, Ben and Betty reveal that they received Chaku’s alien plant as a gift, and have experimented with using it as trash disposal, spitting out the recyclables in the process, and ends up throwing up on the Burke siblings. Afterwards, Chaku and his daughter contact the Rangers with a thank you transmission, making them happy to see him where he rightfully belongs, and so are they, where they embrace with a group hug.
Cast[]
- Rorrie D. Travis as Devon Daniels (Grid Battleforce Red)
- Jazz Baduwalia as Ravi Shaw (Grid Battleforce Blue)
- Jacqueline Scislowski as Zoey Reeves (Grid Battleforce Yellow)
- Abraham Rodriguez as Nate Silva (Grid Battleforce Gold)
- Jamie Linehan as Steel (Grid Battleforce Silver) (voice)
- Kelson Henderson as Cruise (voice)
- Randall Ewing as Evox (voice)
- Campbell Cooley as Scrozzle (voice)
- Colby Strong as Robo-Blaze
- Liana Ramirez as Robo-Roxy
- Kristina Ho as Betty Burke
- Cosme Flores as Ben Burke
- Teuila Blakely as Commander Shaw
- Jack Buchanan as Captain Chaku
- Kevin Keys as Ryjack (voice)
- Lina Clare as Starlight
Errors[]
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Notes[]
- Ryjack mentions the ruins of Andresia, the home planet of Orion, the Super Megaforce Silver Ranger.
- After this episode, Ben and Betty are conspicuously absent until "Golden Opportunity".
- This marks the final appearance of the Beast-X Ultrazord.
See Also[]
- Mission 32: Friendship Tag With Gavan! - Super Sentai counterpart in Go-Busters. See comparison page. (fight footage & story)
- Ep. 27: The Crossroads of Transferring Away From Home... - Super Sentai counterpart in Carranger. See comparison page. (Captain Chaku's character arc)
- The Stolen Japanese Islands
- Metal Heroes counterpart in Space Sheriff Gavan
. (Reptilobeast's debut)
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