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The Turn of the Wretched Wrench is the thirty-fourth episode of Power Rangers Turbo.
Synopsis[]
Ashley takes up a class in auto-shop to prove to her father that girls can do anything boys can. But her lucky wrench, given to her by her teammates to encourage her efforts, is stolen by the Maniac Mechanic.
Meanwhile, Bulk & Skull work for a local towing company in Angel Grove.
Plot[]
The Episode opens to the Auto Shop Class as Carlos and Ashley are working on a car trying to figure out how to fix it, the class teacher Mr. Decker comes over to them to see their progress and as Carlos starts the car up smoke starts to flow on him covering his face in soot, Mr. Decker then asks the other students what Carlos and Ashley did wrong with a large number of students raising their hands and Ashley begins to feel anxious wondering why she took the class.
The scene cuts to the Space Base, Divatox is trying to use her periscope but can't see through it and angrily asks who used it and then looks directly at Elgar as she told him to never touch the periscope, Elgar then all panicked tells her that he'll get someone to fix it and takes out an address book remembering an ad in it that he saw, after finding it tears out the page and shows it to Divatox telling her that the monster in the ad known as Maniac Mechanic can fix anything. The Maniac Mechanic appears on the bridge of the Space Base eagerly ready to work and also boasting about his skills to fix anything which impresses Divatox who then tells him to fix the periscope and Divatox also formulates a plan with the Mechanic's help.
In the next scene, Ashley is driving in her car when all of a sudden her car begins to break down and is forced to pull over. Back on the Space Base the Maniac Mechanic rapidly fixes the periscope which leaves Divatox and Elgar in awe, Divatox then asks if the Mechanic can build a Battle Wagon with his skills which he says he can as long as he has the necessary parts which impresses and excites Divatox.
The scene goes back to Ashley who is going through her auto mechanic manual to try and fix her car but is having difficulty trying to do so, she then sees a tow truck drive by who then parks right in front of her car, overjoyed to see the tow truck asks if the driver could help but then sees that the people driving it are Bulk & Skull, they start to try and help but start to cause more damage to Ashley's car as Skull accidentally backs up too much and breaks one of the headlights on Ashley's car. As Bulk is hooking the tow hook to Ashley's car, Elgar and a school of Piranhatrons appear wanting to steal car parts from Ashley's car, the Piranhatrons attack Ashley while Elgar begins to strip her car of all it's parts, after Ashley knocks down the Piranhatrons Elgar teleports out with the parts from her car and Bulk comes up finished with hooking the car up to the truck and notices that her car has been stripped wondering what happened.
The Episode cuts to the Juice Bar, Bulk and Skull drive Ashley there with her frustratingly thanking them and walks off and Bulk comments in a sarcastic tone on another satisfied customer. Ashley walks to a table where the other Rangers are sitting at, as she sits down T.J. tells her that they all got her a wrench as a gift for trying out Auto Shop class, after seeing the gift Ashley comments wishing she knew how to use it, Justin tells her that the wrench is lucky and Cassie tells Ashley she admires her for taking the class, Ashley then began to tell the others that she took the class was that her dad who is a mechanic shouldn't work on cars and that Ashley is taking the class to prove him wrong T.J. tells her that she can and Carlos tells her that it doesn't matter if your a guy or a girl when it comes to being a mechanic, Skull gets a call for another job but the duo decide to have lunch and order two milkshakes, Ashley then tells the others that Elgar and the Piranhatrons showed up to steal parts from her car and the others tell her that they'll help get her car back in shape.
The episode then goes to Angel Grove High Auto Shop, Ashley goes to Mr. Decker telling him that she took her carborator apart and can't put it back together and Mr. Decker asks her can you put two metal surfaces together without a? with Ashley answering a Gasket, Mr. Decker then hands her a gasket and walks off and Ashley walks back to her work area with Ashley upset that she forgot about something she knew and Carlos tells her to relax as she knows this stuff, Bulk & Skull arrive to the Auto Shop Class dropping off a car frame.
Back on the Space Base, the Maniac Mechanic is excited about all the parts they have but he also comments that he still needs a frame and a place to work on the battle wagon, Divatox finds both through her periscope and shows the Maniac Mechanic who is excited and teleports out to the location. Maniac Mechanic teleports into the area and sees all the students and realizes he needs a disguise and transforms into a human. Mr. Decker notices the Maniac Mechanic in his human disguise and asks him where he belongs, the Mechanic tells him that he's a new student for auto shop class and Mr. Decker tells him to come in, Mr. Decker tells the class that there's a new student in the class and asks him for his name, Maniac Mechanic almost says his real name but after stopping half way he lies saying his name is Manny, he then goes around fast saying high to all the other students and when he gets to Ashley and Carlos notices the wrench the other Rangers gave her and greedily grabs it as he tells her that it looks lovely, Ashley thanks him for the compliment as she grabs it back, Many then leaves and Mr. Decker asks Ashley to come talk to him and tells her that he notices that she's been having trouble in the class an that she can come back and stay longer to improve, Manny overhears the conversation and that Ashley will come back after Sixth Period and Manny angrily bends a wrench. The scene cuts to the school halls, Ashley is talking to Carlos at her locker and tells him that she's gonna work at the garage after school but she doesn't know if it'll help Carlos then tells her that he'll come to help if she wants which she agrees too.
Back on the Space Base, Rygog tells Divatox that Ashley and Carlos are returning to the Auto Shop she asks if the Maniac Mechanic is done with the Battle Wagon with Porto saying no and also commenting that they shouldn't have trusted the Maniac Mechanic with the job, Divatox looks through her periscope and sees that the Maniac Mechanic is still working on it and then she tells Porto to keep the Rangers busy by sending out the Piranhatrons to keep them distracted till the Mechanic finishes the wagon. Ashley and Carlos are walking to the Auto Shop and a schoo, of Piranhatrons appear and attack the duo and during the fight the Maniac Mechanic is working on the Battle Wagon, after the fight Ashley and Carlos run to the Auto Shop wondering if Divatox's forces stole more car parts from the Auto Shop but as they get inside they see Manny next to a covered car, they ask him why he's there and Ashley asks why he has her wrench they then try to look at what is under the car cover with Manny warning them that they'll find out the hard way before he turns back into the Maniac Mechanic.
Ashley and Carlos Morph ready for a fight but the Maniac Mechanic drives away in the new Battle Wagon, Ashley goes after him in her Turbo Kart Justin drives up to Carlos in Storm Blaster telling Carlos that Alpha filled him in on whats going on and they two drive after the Maniac Mechanic too. Back at the chase, Ashley drives up next to the Maniac Mechanic who reveals that he still has Ashley's wrench, he then turns it into a wretched wrench and uses it to remove a tire from Ashley's Turbo Kart. After Ashley crashes, the Maniac Mechanic stops to watch and comment that next time he'll destroy the whole car, he then sees the other Rangers in Lightning Cruiser and Storm Blaster and starts to drive off, T.J. and Cassie continue to chase after the Mechanic while Justin and Carlos stop to pick up Ashley and they drive to catch up. Back at the chase, the Maniac Mechanic uses his wrench to modify the Battle Wagon with an exhaust shooter which temporarily blinds the two Rangers, he then modifies the Battle Wagon again this time outfitting it with two cannons and immediately opens fire on Lightning Cruiser which lands two hits, the other three Rangers and Storm Blaster catch up to the chase and the Maniac Mechanic once again modifies the Battle Wagon giving it a buzzsaw launcher and immediately opens fire on both vehicles, although Lightning Cruiser dodges the blasts Storm Blaster was hit by three energy saws and was forced to stop. As T.J. and Cassie continue to go after the Maniac Mechanic, Justin Carlos and Ashley begin to try and fix Storm Blaster.
T.J. Cassie and Lightning Cruiser in flight mode continue to chase the Maniac Mechanic but the Maniac Mechanic outfits the Battle Wagon with a missile launcher and fires it which hits Lightning Cruiser which forces it to land and at this point the tables turn and the Maniac Mechanic begins to chase after T.J. and Cassie with the chase leading to a construction area in the quarry. Back at Storm Blaster, the other Rangers are trying to fix Storm Blaster with them realizing they need to fix the carborator, Carlos says that Ashley could do it since she rebuilt a carborator in Auto Shop Class, Ashley points out that that was for a regular car and that Storm Blaster was a whole different ball game with Justin saying she has to try, T.J. calls Carlos saying they need Storm Blaster Carlos tells him that he's out of commission but they will still come to help, Ashley decides to stay behind to try and fix Storm Blaster while Carlos and Justin go to help T.J. and Cassie.
Back at the chase, Lightning Cruiser is forced to stop after taking too much damage and T.J. and Cassie are forced to jump out, Carlos and Justin arrive to help and fire at the Maniac Mechanic with their Turbo Hand Blasters and the Turbo Thunder Cannon but the Maniac Mechanic and the Battle Wagon are unscathed and he continues to ram and fire at the Rangers. back to Ashley she is still working on Storm Blaster and finally gets him running again which gives Ashley her confidence and she rives off to help the others. Back at the quarry, the Maniac Mechanic gets ready to ram at the Rangers but Ashley comes in and fires at the Mechanic and his Battle Wagon, she then drives up to the Battle Wagon and jumps on fighting the Maniac Mechanic who at first gains the upper hand in the fight and tries to throw her off the Battle Wagon but Ashley uses her Turbo Star Charger to zap him and take her wrench back and jump off the Battle Wagon. After landing, the Maniac Mechanic begins to charge at her in the Battle Wagon but Ashley gets out the Auto Blast Defender and fires at the Maniac Mechanic and the Battle Wagon destroying it and with the Maniac Mechanic defeated her wrench changes back to normal.
Upset at her new battle Wagon being destroyed Divatox orders for the Torpedoes to be fired making the Maniac Mechanic grow. Seeing the giant Maniac Mechanic the Rangers summon the Rescuezords and form the Rescue Megazord. The Maniac Mechanic comes flying in with a pair of wrenches ready to strike, but the Megazord blocks the attack by punching the Maniac Mechanic in the gut then the Megazord grabs the wrenches and uses them to twist the Maniac Mechanics ears a little, then the Megazord bonks the Maniac Mechanic on the head with both wrenches then tosses the Maniac Mechanic to the side, the rangers then activate the Artillery Power finishing off the Maniac Mechanic for good.
Back on the Space Base, Divatox rants and belittles the now destroyed Maniac Mechanic and wonders how he ever helped anybody take oer three galaxies, Porto then shows Divatox the guarantee that the warrant on it will expire in two seconds and then the periscope begins to malfunction and break which upsets Divatox even more.
Back on Earth, Ashley Carlos and Justin are driving in her car and she tells them how she was able to fix Storm Blaster but they then notice Bulk & Skull are broken down. Bulk is trying to fix their truck but ends up getting hit in the face with fuel from the engine, Ashley asks if they need help with Skull saying that their boss called saying that the two are fired if they don;t get to their next towing job in the next ten minutes, Ashley then pulls her wrench out from he bag and walks over to the engine and begins to work, after finding the problem and fixing the truck Carlos says that they'll be able to keep their jobs but Bulk says they can't due to their boss having called them an hour ago with the episode ending with everyone having a laugh.
Cast[]
- Selwyn Ward as T.J. Johnson (Red Turbo Ranger)
- Blake Foster as Justin Stewart (Blue Turbo Ranger)
- Roger Velasco as Carlos Vallerte (Green Turbo Ranger)
- Tracy Lynn Cruz as Ashley Hammond (Yellow Turbo Ranger)
- Patricia Ja Lee as Cassie Chan (Pink Turbo Ranger)
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- Gregg Bullock as Jerome Stone
- Hilary Shepard Turner as Divatox
- Kenny Graceson as Elgar
- David Umansky as Elgar (voice)
- Ed Neil as Rygog
- Lex Lang as Rygog (voice)
- Scott Page-Pagter as Porto (voice)
- William Butler as Maniac Mechanic (voice)
- ??? as Manny
Songs[]
- You Are the Power Team (instrumental)
Errors[]
- How did the Maniac Mechanic know to come to the Space Base despite them just having mentioned him. If the other villains called him, then why did Divatox not get told? She apparently hadn't heard of him before.
- The Maniac Mechanic in his human form was accepted without Mr Decker questioning it.
Notes[]
- This episode aired the same day as Beetleborgs Metallix
episode 19, Halloween Haunted House of Horrors. - Final appearance of the Chromites, though one will pop up in Power Rangers in Space's "Flashes of Darkonda" in the background on Onyx.
- Dimitria and Alpha 6 do not appear in this episode. The Rangers deal with the plot themselves.
- Despite this episode airing on Halloween, this episode isn’t a Halloween themed episode.
- While Ashley is driving at the beginning of the episode, the song Tommy was rehearsing in Power Rangers Zeo's "Another Song and Dance" can be heard playing on her radio.
- Ashley’s car is a Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet.
See Also[]
- Ep. 44: The Persistently, Wacky Gekisou Chase! - Super Sentai counterpart in Carranger. See comparison page. (fight footage and story)
