 This article is about an episode in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
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Wizard for a Day is the tenth episode of the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Synopsis[]
Rocky is picked to be "Teacher for a Day" by switching places with science teacher Wilbur Wilton which inspires Rito Revolto to switch places with Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa. Becoming the main antagonist, he turns Wilton into Marvo the Meanie who turns most of the Power Rangers into potions. Rocky must fix his friends and find a way to save his transformed teacher.
Plot[]
Rocky arrives in the Juice Bar loaded with teacher's edition textbooks to study. He explains that he was picked to become "Teacher for a Day", an experiment in which a student and a teacher trade places for a day. When asked by his friends who he is switching with, Rocky points to their strict science teacher Wilbur Wilton. In the Moon Palace, Rito Revolto overhears this and decides to do the same by switching places with Lord Zedd and leading their forces himself. Both Zedd and Rita Repulsa laugh at the very idea of him being the leader. However, Zedd decides to give Rito a shot at trying to conquer the world, believing it will teach him a lesson.
The next day, Bulk and Skull are on parking detail handing out tickets. Skull wants to go home out of boredom but Bulk insists that this is all in preparation for their chance at a real police case. When they spot Rocky in a suit holding one of his teacher's books, they believe he is cheating and investigate his locker. Bulk and Skull take all the books as "evidence" and Rocky is left to improvise as he teaches the science class with no guide as to what he's doing. Meanwhile, Mr. Wilton is having a hard time adjusting to being a student due to his hard teaching attitude cutting into another teacher's attempts to teach history class.
Rito is trying to figure out what he's supposed to do (much to both Zedd and Rita's amusement), but he eventually gets the idea to send down a monster. He calls in Finster, ordering him to make a monster that can destroy the Power Rangers. However, Finster flatly refuses as he only works for Rita and Zedd. Annoyed, Rito takes the clay Finster was working with to make a monster himself. At the same time, Rocky is in the park with Mr. Wilton with both explaining how terrible their day has been. Goldar informs Rito of this, prompting him to worry as his monster isn't ready yet. The annoyed Goldar tells Rito to send the Tenga Warriors down to attack. As Rocky leaves, the Tengas swoop down and attack Mr. Wilton, mistaking him for Rocky as he's wearing a red shirt. Rocky contacts Zordon to call the others, and shifts to Ninja Ranger form as he comes to Mr. Wilton's defense.
As the Tengas are fought off by the Rangers, Rito arrives holding Zedd's staff, having given up on the idea of using Finster's Monster-Matic, and prepares to turn all the Ninja Rangers into monsters. Rito holds the staff backwards and hits Mr. Wilton, turning the innocent man into a monster known as Marvo the Meanie. Morphing to full Power Rangers, the heroes try to reason with Marvo to no avail even as the monster begins turning them into flasks of liquid. Rocky manages to keep Rito from taking the rest of the Rangers away and heads to the Command Center.
Zordon reports that Mr. Wilton will return to normal once Marvo is destroyed but the liquefied Rangers will remain as such forever unless restored first. Alpha 5 panics as he is unable to figure out what to do, so Rocky calmly guides the robot into slowly and carefully treating the liquids until they are restored into solid Power Rangers. The heroes meet with Marvo again and Rito makes his monster grow by borrowing Rita's and Zedd's staffs. Though the Ninja MegaFalconzord is deployed, Rocky instead disengages the Red Ape Ninjazord to defeat Marvo himself out of guilt for what had happened and Mr. Wilton becomes human again.
On the Moon, Rito begs for another chance but Zedd flatly refuses. Rita sends Rito off to clean Finster's lab as punishment and rushes him along with her staff. Zedd laments that he still needs a vacation from the mess he's dealing with.
At the Juice Bar, both Rocky and Mr. Wilton have gained a new sense of respect for each other's roles in school. When Bulk and Skull confront Rocky on the teacher's books thinking he stole them, Mr. Wilton quickly shifts back to his hard self and intimidates the pair for nearly ruining the experiment. Bulk and Skull apologize to both him and Rocky and leave.
Cast[]
- Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (Mighty Morphin White Ranger)
- Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos (Mighty Morphin Red Ranger)
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)
- David Yost as Billy Cranston (Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
- Karan Ashley as Aisha Campbell (Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger)
- Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart (Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger)
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- Robert Zachar as Mr. Wilton/Marvo the Meanie (voice)
- David Fielding as Zordon (face)
- Robert L. Manahan as Zordon (voice)
- Sandi Sellner as Alpha 5
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Alpha 5 (voice)
- Carla Perez as Rita Repulsa
- Barbara Goodson as Rita Repulsa (voice)
- Ed Neil as Lord Zedd
- Robert Axelrod as Lord Zedd (voice) and Finster (voice)
- Danny Wayne Stallcup as Goldar
- Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice)
- Bob Papenbrook as Rito Revolto (voice)
Song[]
Errors[]
- The preview says that the idea of role swapping was Lord Zedd’s idea when it was Rito who came up with it.
- When Rocky enters the Youth Center, a book falls from his pile but is gone by the next shot.
- Rocky’s chemistry class involves sulfur dioxide, which is not allowed in schools due to being an irritant and because of high CO2 content.
- Rocky warned the Rangers to cover their mouth plates so they did not breathe in the noxious fumes from the chemicals, but both bottles had tops on them.
- The Ninja Megazord energizes both of its fists when diving at Marvo but only attacks with one.
- Marvo the Meanie was shown to be the same size as both the Ninja Megazord and Ape Ninjazord.
- Instead of saying “Ninja Ranger Power!” Kimberly just says “Ninja Power!” whereas Tommy incorrectly says, “Ranger Ninja Power!”
- Rocky's Morpher isn't opened during the morph scene.
Notes[]
- This episode aired the same day as VR Troopers
(Season 2) episode 6, Quest for Power, Part Three. - The original draft title for this episode was "Wacky Wizard". [1]
- The event being taught in the history class that Mr. Wilton is a student to is the Normandy France Landings, or D-Day.
- Mr. Wilton's first name is revealed to be Wilbur.
See Also[]
- Ep. 33: The Village of Amanojaku - Super Sentai counterpart in Kakuranger. See comparison page. (Zord battle)