 This article is about a/an episode in Power Rangers in Space, the last installment in the Zordon Era.
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The Wasp with a Heart is the tenth episode of Power Rangers in Space.
Synopsis[]
A wasp monster named Waspicable doesn't have it in him to be evil, and he helps and befriends Cassie, who sticks up for him when confronted by the other Power Rangers, who also have to deal with Sting King.
Plot[]
The episode begins with Waspicable skipping around picking flowers. Some Quantrons spot him and point him out to Sting King, who howls at him for his gentleness and orders him to shape up. Waspicable said that he's not interested in being evil, but Sting King bullies him into blowing up a rock. He promises Waspicable that if he can do the same thing to the Space Rangers, he'll go down in the history books, which is enough for Waspicable to join the dark side.
We then see Bulk, Skull, and Professor Phenomenus, who are convinced that an ordinary beehive is an alien pod. Skull realizes what the beehive is and tries to warn Phenomenus, but the professor grabs it and unleashes a fury of bees on the trio. They manage to outrun the bees, but they run straight into Waspicable, who chases after them.
On the Astro Megaship, Cassie gets an alert about the situation and heads over there to handle things, while the trio tries to attempt an escape from Waspicable. Cassie arrives and shoos the trio away and Waspicable fanboys over her before realizing that she was the enemy. He manages to steal Cassie's Satellite Stunner and points it at her, but he couldn't pull the trigger. Cassie comments that Waspicable is a monster with a heart, but he denies the accusation and tries to aim at her again but couldn't fire. He calls himself a failure, but Cassie assures him that kindness is a good thing. The other Rangers arrive and, not having seen what just happened, go straight on the offensive. She leaps in front of their blasters and explains what just happened, to all of their disbelief. Waspicable teleports away and Cassie thinks she hurt his feelings earlier.
Waspicable heads to an outdoor cafe to convince himself he's still evil, but as soon as he sees a citizen screaming in terror, he's unable to follow through with the attack and actually offers to help the man with his spilled food. He wanders through the park and discovers a birthday party Cassie happens to be attending, and after remembering how much he loves parties, he remarks that maybe he has a heart after all. Unfortunately, Ecliptor overhears the confession and orders him to attack the party. Waspicable obeys and Cassie hurries to evacuate the party as Quantrons happily terrorize the partygoers, and Waspicable hangs back, wishing he was able to enjoy this. Cassie handles herself against the squad of Quantrons, but eventually, the uneveness catches up with Cassie and the Quantrons hold her still in front of Waspicable so he can make the final move. Instead, he blasts away one of the Quantrons holding her, turns to Ecliptor, and he remarks that he missed.
Ecliptor shoves Waspicable aside and goes to take care of Cassie himself, but he's interrupted by Sting King arriving with Astronema and claiming Cassie's defeat for himself. As he unleashes a hail of gunfire at her, Waspicable leaps in front and takes the full force of the attack. The other Rangers arrive to help and Cassie strides forward and morphs with a glare. Cassie tells Waspicable to flee to somewhere safe, and when Sting King vows to destroy the entire city, she calls for the Galaxy Gliders and everyone chases him down. She uses her Satellite Stunner to pinpoint Sting King's location and she and the other Rangers fire upon him, knocking him down to the park. Astronema fires her lasers to make Sting King grow and the Rangers call the Astro Megazord and takes him down with the Astro Megazord Blaster.
On Astronema's dark fortress, she told Elgar that no more insect monsters be created.
Meanwhile, Cassie unmorphs and rushes to Waspicable's side, relieved to find out he's not too injured. He apologizes for the damage he did and says he's not much of a monster, but Cassie insists that having a heart is not a failure on his part. He replies that that might be the case if he was human, but he doesn't even know what he is anymore. The little girl returns to the scene of her destroyed party and Waspicable weeps at the realization that he made her cry. He takes off and retrieves all of the balloons, returning them to her before disappearing for good.
Cast[]
- Christopher Khayman Lee as Andros (Red Space Ranger)
- Roger Velasco as Carlos Vallerte (Black Space Ranger)
- Selwyn Ward as T.J. Johnson (Blue Space Ranger)
- Tracy Lynn Cruz as Ashley Hammond (Yellow Space Ranger)
- Patricia Ja Lee as Cassie Chan (Pink Space Ranger)
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- Jack Banning as Professor Phenomenus
- Donene Kistler as Alpha 6
- Wendee Lee as Alpha 6 (voice)
- Julie Maddalena as D.E.C.A. (voice)
- Melody Perkins as Astronema
- Danny Stallcup as Ecliptor
- Walter Lang as Ecliptor (voice)
- Kenny Graceson as Elgar
- Derek Stephen Prince as Elgar (voice)
- Ken Merckx as Waspicable (voice)
- Bob Papenbrook as Sting King (voice)
- ??? as Sherry
Zords[]
Songs[]
- Go Fly Win (instrumental)
Errors[]
- If the viewers look closely at the rock Waspicable destroys at the start, traces of crack marks can be seen where rock blows to pieces.
- Also some of the rock pieces hit the camera.
- When Sting King fires bees at the Rangers, one bee at the center of the screen fades in.
- Sting King can be seen being impaled by the Astro Megazord Saber.
- Considering the fact that Saban usually edits these shots due to the brutality of them, usually overlaying energy effects over the blade to cover it or cutting the shots completely, this seems to be an oversight on their part.
- At the end of the episode Astronema orders no more insect monsters are to be used (similar to what Rita said about there being no more fish monsters in "Mighty Morphin' Mutants"), however several more would appear in the future.
- During the "Next time" segment, the Phantom Ranger speaks at a much faster pace compared to the episode itself.
Notes[]
- Waspicable was created from a modified Grumble Bee costume.
- A similar plot would later be used in the Power Rangers Mystic Force episode, "The Return".
- After Waspicable is attacked at the crashed birthday party, Astronema briefly looks at him with a somewhat guilty expression, hinting that she might not be all evil.
See Also[]
- Ep. 7: What's This? The Clingy, Bothersome Girl - Super Sentai counterpart in Megaranger. See comparison page. (fight footage)
