 This article is about an episode in Power Rangers Wild Force.
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The Wings of Animaria is the twenty-third episode of Power Rangers Wild Force. The episode introduces Cole's Battlizer (the Animarium Armor), the Falcon Summoner, Falconzord and the Isis Megazord.
Synopsis[]
While facing the revived and upgraded Super Nayzor, all of the Rangers are gravely wounded, except for Cole and Merrick. Their spirits, in a dark dimension, are guided by a shrouded boy in a mission to free the Falcon Wildzord, which will not only aid their teammate in his battle, but will restore them to life. Can our heroes get a second chance at life?
Plot[]
On the outskirts of Turtle Cove, Jindrax and Toxica lead Master Org to the exact spot where Nayzor was destroyed, with Master Org setting the General Org's crown into the scorched earth. He then commands Toxica to use her magic on the crown, which she does creating a small explosion. The Rangers turn up in response to this, and demand to know what Master Org is up to. Master Org responds by introducing the Rangers to Super Nayzor, who is now fully resurrected and in a more powerful form.
As Master Org takes his leave, Merrick is shocked as he was certain Nayzor was destroyed, but Nayzor responds that he won't go down that easily and promises to make Merrick pay for escaping Zen-Aku's curse and betraying him. Merrick heads into a fight with Nayzor but finds himself easily thrown aside by the far stronger Org. Merrick then tries blasting him with the Lunar Cue in Sniper Mode, but Nayzor is unfazed and responds with energy blasts of his own sending Merrick flying. The other Rangers leap into the fray but they have no better luck than Merrick did, as Nayzor easily shrugs off any attempt to hurt him. The Rangers then combine their weapons into the Jungle Sword and use a Savage Slash, but Nayzor simply knocks the blade aside and lets out a powerful blast that sends all the Rangers. Taylor, Danny, Max and Alyssa take the worst of it and all demorph injured. Cole and Merrick are determined to make Nayzor pay for hurting their friends and attack him again, but it turns out that among his new powers Nayzor is now able to fly. The General Org slashes the two hard before blasting them again taking them both out for the count. Nayzor lands and is ready to finish them off there and then, when suddenly he himself is blasted by golden energy. Cole and Merrick look up to see the spirit of Animus in the sky, who uses his powers to remove the Rangers from the battle site, leaving Nayzor seething with fury.
On the Animarium. Cole and Merrick are blaming themselves for the injuries their friends, who are now unconscious, suffered at Nayzor's hands. Before they can try to work out how to beat Super Nayzor, the sacred waters start to bubble and show that the resurrected Org is now in Turtle Cove going after the civillians. The two head out knowing that the people of the Earth are relying on them to defeat Super Nayzor. Arriving, the two quickly find Nayzor who is flanked by Jindrax and Toxica. Jindrax wants to finish the Rangers himself, but Nayzor insists on being the one to do it. Cole and Merrick try their best, but despite their determination they find that once again they cannot stand up to the sheer power Super Nayzor possesses and are sounded beaten around.
As Princess Shayla tends to the remaining Rangers on the Animarium, they four suddenly find themselves in what seems to be a shared vision where they all wake up in a dark dimension where there is nothing around them but a black void and a door which soon opens. On the other side is a young boy obscured by the light shining behind him. The child tells them that they are about to lose an important battle but are being granted a final chance to redeem themselves and save Cole and Merrick. He explains that there is an extremely powerful Wild Zord on the Animarium that has yet to reveal itself to the Rangers, having not emerged for over 3,000 years. If the Rangers can solve a puzzle that awaits them, the Wild Zord will lend itself and its powers to them to help their fight against Nayzor. The child beckons them through the doors where they find a puzzle, an ancient tablet in many pieces, waiting for them. The boy explains that if they solve the puzzle in time, they will return to the Animarium and the hiddle Wild Zord will be theirs to command. If their time runs out, however, they will be trapped in the dark dimension forever. The Rangers then see an image of Super Nayzor pummelling Cole and Merrick, and they realise that they're not just trying to save themselves but their friends who will surely be destroyed if they fail. With that they get to work trying to put the tablet back together, however as they door the floor around them begins to crumble and a large crevice filled with lava appears below making them realise that this is their time limit.
Cole and Merrick know they're losing badly but refuse to give up but will keep on fighting for their injured friends. In the dark dimension, the Rangers struggle to put together the puzzle while contending with the floor shaking violently ready to give way from under them. The boy offers them the chance to give up and remain with him promising they'll forget about Cole and Merrick, but obviously this isn't an option and they keep on trying desperately to solve the puzzle. Just as it is about to completely, the floor completely collapses and the Rangers start falling towards the lava. However they still have the remaining tablet pieces and just as they're about to hit the lava they manage to join them together.
In Turtle Cove, Super Nayzor is about to finish Cole once and for all when suddenly a new weapon appears in his hand resembling a falcon. Nayzor is knocked back, and while Cole doesn't know where his new weapon came from he feels inside that his friends on the Animarium sent it to him. Cole sets the new bow-like weapon, which Cole dubs the Falcon Summoner, into its archer mode and using an energy arrow manages to destroy Nayzor in one hit.
The Falcon Summoner disappears into Cole's belt buckle and he feels its new power inside him. Toxica and Jindrax are horrified that Nayzor has been destroyed again and decide to take Cole out themselves. Cole is ready for the fight, however the Duke Orgs' super forms prove to be too powerful for him to handle alone. Merrick has recovered and tries to help, but Toxica uses her powers to take him out of the battle for good. Cole tries to evade the Jindrax and Toxica's attacks, but they are too quick for him and eventually double-team him by using their powers to lift him high in the air. As their energy drains his strength, Cole notices his belt buckle glowing and realises that he has more new powers he can call forth. The Duke Orgs drop him, but as he falls Cole removes the buckle and uses it to summon the Animarium Armor. The falcon-like armor covers his body providing a shield for his chest and wings, turning him into the Red Savage Warrior. He flies above a surprised Toxica and Jindrax who nevertheless give chase as he gets used to his abilities. Eventually Cole stops and hovers above the two, and when they try to blast him the wings surround his body protecting him and reflecting the blasts back. He then flies back getting in hits against the two, then powers up a Falcon Blast. The Duke Orgs decide now is a good time to make a getaway, but its too late and as Cole flies back he lets out a huge blast of energy which scores a direct hit which soundly defeats them both. As they try to recover, the two revert back to their regular forms which also frees them from Master Org's brainwashing.
Cole powers down the armor just before Taylor, Danny, Alyssa and Max appear much to his happiness. A furious Master Org approaches Nayzor's remains and drops growth seeds into them, resurrecting the General Org as a giant. The four Rangers morph and Alyssa tells Cole they need to summon the new Wild Zord. Cole inserts his new Animal Crystal into his saber which he then slots into the Falcon Summoner. He then fires a shot towards the Animarium, and as a result the Falcon Zord emerges from a volcano and flies towards Turtle Cove. Upon arriving, it starts to beat back Super Nayzor with its powerful talons. As Master Org declares that the Falcon Zord can't defeat Nayzor, Toxica and Jindrax slip away unnoticed.
As the Falcon Zord knocks Nayzor to the floor, the Rangers summon the Giraffe, Rhino, Armadillo and Deer Wild Zords to Earth. Upon arriving, Cole calls for them to combine and together they form the Isis Megazord. Super Nayzor responds to this new Megazord by trying to blast it, however the Isis Megazord's wings cover its body with a Falcon Shield, protecting it completely. Nayzor takes to the sky himself and engages in an aerial battle with the Isis Megazord, however it is too quick for his energy blasts and hits him with the Giraffe Spear and Deer Clutcher. The Megazord then uses an Isis Stare, which freezes Nayzor in place allowing a direct hit from the Armadillo. The Rangers then finish off Super Nayzor for good with a Final Strike.
Master Org is furious to see Nayzor destroyed, before realizing that Toxica and Jindrax have abandoned him. The two Duke Orgs leave the city, Jindrax declaring that they have to do something about the human impersonating their master. Toxica assures Jindrax that she already has a plan in mind to help them deal with their new enemy...
Princess Shayla arrives in the city and unites with the battered but unbeaten Rangers. Cole asks the others what happened to them exactly, however they find their memories of the dark dimension are fuzzy and the harder they try to remember the quicker they seem to forget. Taylor suggests that they're not meant to remember, and regardless of how it happened the team are happy that they now have new powers and a new friend in the Falcon Zord to help in their fight against the Org threat.
Cast[]
- Ricardo Medina Jr. as Cole Evans (Red Wild Force Ranger)
- Alyson Kiperman as Taylor Earhardt (Yellow Wild Force Ranger)
- Phillip Jeanmarie as Max Cooper (Blue Wild Force Ranger)
- Jessica Rey as Alyssa Enrilé (White Wild Force Ranger)
- Jack Guzman as Danny Delgado (Black Wild Force Ranger)
- Phillip Andrew as Merrick Baliton (Lunar Wolf Wild Force Ranger)
- Ann Marie Crouch as Princess Shayla
- Sin Wong as Toxica
- Danny Wayne as Jindrax (voice)
- Ilia Volok as Master Org
- Ryan Goldstein as Kite (credited as "Little Boy")
- Ken Merckx as Super Nayzor (voice)
Errors[]
- Nayzor's voice can still be heard after he is defeated by Cole.
- If the viewers pay close attention to Nayzor's right arm, his claws mysteriously disappear.
- It's never shown where the laser from Cole's armor came from when finishing off Jindrax and Toxica, presumably the chest.
Notes[]
- In "The Soul of Humanity", it's revealed that the boy the Rangers encountered in this episode was Kite, the human form of Animus. Also, when the Rangers saved themselves from the Dark Dimension by completing the puzzle, they released Animus' spirit back to the living world, causing his resurrection as Kite.
- Unlike their Sentai counterparts, Taylor, Max, Danny and Alyssa are knocked unconscious rather than being killed.
- This is Nayzor's only appearance in his super form, as he would return in his standard form in "Sealing the Nexus".
See Also[]
- Quest 30: The Full Moon Kills the Wolf! - Super Sentai counterpart in Gaoranger. See comparison page. (fight footage)
- Quest 31: The Hyakuju Sentai, Defeated!! - Super Sentai counterpart in Gaoranger. See comparison page. (fight footage and story)
