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The Power Stealer is the eighth episode of the second season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the second episode of the Green No More arc.
Plot[]
The Power Rangers lead a drive to clean up Angel Grove but Lord Zedd has plans of his own and decides to create the Octophantom to capture the Rangers in a magic jar and drain them of their powers. Now, the Rangers face a battle to keep their powers and save Tommy.
Synopsis[]
Several teens are in the Youth Center, getting ready for the cleanup drive in Angel Grove community and Trini, Zack, and Billy are among them. A television reporter for Angel Grove Weekend is there as well and she, and her camera man Diggy, film the teens and talks to Zack about the cleanup drive. The reporter tells the group that a rumor is going around that the Power Rangers will be there. Billy doesn't know what to say, Zack says they never met them, and Trini covers for them by telling the reporter they wouldn’t know since they don't know the Power Rangers. The interview ends and the reporter thanks everyone. As everyone leaves for the cleanup drive, Bulk and Skull stay behind and check out the equipment. The reporter comes up to them and asks if she can help them with something. Bulk & Skull claim they want to help carry the equipment to the park for her. She tells them that only the camera can go and Ernie's going to watch over the equipment. She then thanks them for offering their help and leaves. Bulk comes up with an idea - to film the Power Rangers at the park and then remove their helmets thus revealing their identities.
Lord Zedd decides to take advantage of the Rangers' need to keep things clean, so he decides to create the most hideous monster he can think of, the Octophantom, a hybrid between an octopus and an elephant. He plans to have the monster lure each of them away, trap them in a jar, and then drain them of their powers.
At Angel Grove Park, Tommy, Kimberly, and Jason are cleaning up with several other teens. Diggy has arrived and starts talking to Tommy. Putties appear and everyone starts running. The three Rangers begin to fight the Putties, unaware that the camera has been left behind and is still recording them. Octophantom arrives and Tommy is the first to realize it's a trap. Kimberly finds Tommy is in trouble and warns Jason. They all morph to fight the Putties and the monster, not realizing they have been recorded by the camera doing so. Two Putties grab a hold of Tommy, and throw him. The monster opens his jar, and sucks Tommy into it. Jason and Kimberly try to help, but are too late as the monster escapes with the trapped Green Ranger. Jason then contacts Zordon to inform him what happened and asks him to contact the others, and have them meet in the Command Center. After everyone has left the park, Bulk & Skull approach Diggy's camera. They realize it has been recording the Rangers in action, so they take the tape. At the Command Center, the remaining Rangers are filled in on what happened. Billy tries to search for Tommy, using the data, but he is unable to locate him. Meanwhile, Tommy is being held captive in one of Lord Zedd's dimensions.
Back at the Command Center, the alarm goes off. Octophantom is back and defacing park property in order to lure the Rangers out. The Rangers suit up and head off to battle the monster. As the Rangers battle Octophantom, Billy realizes it's a trap and tries to warn the others, but they're too set on saving Tommy. From the sidelines, Billy watches the fight, trying to figure out the monster's weakness. When he sees Octophantom complimenting himself on his looks upon seeing his reflection, he realizes that the monster is very vain. Octophantom attempts to trap the other four Rangers in his jar, but Jason manages to roll out of the way as the monster traps Zack and the girls. Billy and Jason return to the Command Center after Octophantom leaves.
Billy begins working on a device to distract the monster, while Jason goes back into action. Jason soon finds Octophantom and they battle, while the other four Rangers are held captive above the fight, guarded by Putties. Jason fights Octophantom with all his might but is slowly losing the battle. Just when Jason is about to be sucked into the jar, the Power Lance appears out of nowhere and hits Octophantom in his trunk, making him lose his jar. Billy is back with the device, which is a shield with a mirror in it to distract the monster. Jason uses the shield to catch Octophantom off guard while Billy fights the Putties and releases the other Rangers. Zack and the girls are fine, but Tommy is very weak, to the point where his suit darkens. Despite his protesting, Tommy is sent back to the Command Center by Billy. The Octophantom grows, and the Rangers call for their Zords to form the Thunder Megazord, which they use to destroy the Octophantom.
At the Youth Center, everyone is enjoying the buffet set up for the success of the clean-up drive. Jason thanks Billy for his help and Billy returns it with a complement. Kimberly fills in the others on Tommy's condition, that his powers are still weak, but he will be okay. Bulk & Skull walk in triumphantly and announce they have a tape of the Power Rangers' identities from the park. The Rangers realize in time that the tape does indeed contain footage that would expose them. Bulk tries to put the tape in, but Jason blocks the VCR with his hand. Zack quickly takes the tape and the Rangers tell Bulk & Skull that they need a label for such an important tape. Zack gives the tape to Billy, who hands him a different one with a label that he gives to Bulk & Skull. Bulk places the tape in the VCR and it shows cartoons. Bulk is upset, but Skull silences him to watch the show. Billy tells his teammates that he will take the real tape home and run it through his tape eraser and the Rangers share a laugh of relief knowing that their identities are safe once more.
Cast[]
- Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott (Mighty Morphin Red Ranger)
- Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (Mighty Morphin Green Ranger)
- Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan (Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger)
- Walter Jones as Zack Taylor (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)
- David Yost as Billy Cranston (Mighty Morphin Blue 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)
- Romy J. Sharf as Alpha 5
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Alpha 5 (voice) (as Richard Wood)
- Ed Neil as Lord Zedd
- Robert Axelrod as Lord Zedd (voice)
- Danny Wayne Stallcup as Goldar
- Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice) (as Ryan O'Flannigan)
- Eddie Frierson as Octophantom (voice)
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Errors[]
The Trucks.
- When Billy says "He's gotta have a weak spot," while watching the others fight the monster, he is behind a bent tree branch. However, the next shot shows him going from a straightened tree to the one with the bent branch. The Zyu2 shows it in the original order.
- In the Zyu2 footage, just as the camera goes off of Billy fighting the Putties and on to the Octophantom pulling out his scepter, two crew trucks can be seen.
Notes[]
- This episode aired the same day as VR Troopers
episode 7, Grimlord's Challenge. - A substantial amount of footage was cut from this episode.
- The Octophantom spewing black ink from his trunk which he then used to paint fake Easter Island heads.
- Zack and the girls on makeshift crosses being held hostage by Putties, which was cut and replaced with footage of them chained to poles.
- Although the episode shows Billy struggling with the Mirror Shield as if it was heavy, there was a full twenty seconds of him doing this in the original Zyu2 footage.
- The Power Blaster being used on the Octophantom.
- The original Megazord fighting the Octophantom.
- This episode includes the first ever instance of a Megazord in American footage on Power Rangers, used in some quick shots of the Thunder Megazord and Octophantom trading blows.
- The Octophantom's staff is recycled from Chojin Sentai Jetman.
- The Pacific Heritage Monuments contain Moai statues patterned after those on Easter Island.
- The cartoon that plays on the TV at the end of the episode is Les Adventures de Carlos, a French cartoon adapted by Saban Entertainment in the U.S. as Around the World in 80 Dreams.
- This is the first episode to showcase Zack's new haircut.
episode 7, 
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