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Zedd Waves is the twenty-sixth episode of the second season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the eighty-sixth episode overall.
It's also the fifth episode in the seven-part Peace Conference story arc.
Synopsis[]
Angel Grove is the site of the exciting Stone Canyon triathlon but Lord Zedd interrupts the event by using the Beamcaster to plunge the entire city into his mindless slaves. Even the Power Rangers fall victim to this, forcing Zordon to call upon Rocky, Adam and Aisha for help. Can these powerless teens save Angel Grove and our heroes?
Plot[]
On the day of the Stone Canyon Triathlon, Tommy and Billy visit Rocky, Adam, and Aisha at the starting line to wish them good luck in the race. They will be watching the race from the opposite side of the lake. Kimberly arrives and tells Tommy and Billy that she heard that a decision will soon be made regarding which Angel Grove students will be chosen to attend the World Teen Peace Conference. Billy remarks how much of a prestigious honor it would be to be chosen and Kimberly hints that, since he is a high honors student, they might pick him. Tommy's troubled by that idea, worried about what would happen to the Power Rangers if Billy leaves to attend the conference. They all worry what would happen if any of them were chosen. The triathlon race begins and the participants dive into the lake to begin the first leg. Meanwhile, Lord Zedd and Goldar are looking forward to taking advantage of the distraction caused by the race.
Bulk and Skull are watching the race from a canoe on the lake and think that some of the racers could be Power Rangers, since they are so athletically gifted. Bulk has brought a homemade device called an "energy output meter", thinking that a Power Ranger would likely project more energy than a normal person, and claiming that his makeshift device can detect it. Skull pretends to be fishing as a diversion while Bulk uses the energy output meter on the racers who are swimming by. Skull accidentally catches something big, but while he's trying to reel it in, Lord Zedd teleports both their fishing pole and the energy output meter back to his base, causing Bulk and Skull to fall backwards, capsizing their boat. Bulk tells Skull that his dad is going to kill him for losing his fishing rod again, and Skull quickly dips underwater in defeat.
Lord Zedd is looking forward to unleashing his mind-controlling "Zedd Waves" upon the Earth, and he summons the monster Beamcaster to the Angel Grove Park to begin the process of transmitting his Zedd Waves. Beamcaster (who talks like a classic radio DJ) begins shooting mind-controlling Zedd Waves at random people in the park. When hit, they each are put into a trance, stand up with arms out, begin walking aimlessly, and chant: "Hail Lord Zedd", to Beamcaster's delight. The alarm sounds in the Command Center, causing Alpha and Zordon to notify Tommy, Billy, and Kimberly. Rocky, Adam, and Aisha arrive at the other side of the lake and Tommy, Billy, and Kimberly help them to quickly change into biking outfits so they can start the next leg of the race. They miss Alpha's communicator alert, so Zordon suggests contacting Jason, Zack, and Trini instead, who are just coming back to shore from scuba diving together. They morph into action at the park and confront Beamcaster. Beamcaster hits all three of them with a Zedd Wave, and they too become entranced. Lord Zedd is excited about the success of his plan and decides to send a group of Z-Putties to the park to attack Tommy, Billy, and Kimberly. As they begin to fight, Rocky, Adam, and Aisha ride by on their bikes. They jump off their bikes and assist their friends in battling the Z-Putties, ultimately defeating them. Tommy thanks Rocky, Adam, and Aisha for their help, upset that it might have affected their chance of winning the races. Rocky dismisses the idea and tells Tommy that it was the right decision.
Zordon reaches Tommy, Billy, and Kimberly on their communicators and summons them to the Command Center. Zordon uses the Viewing Globe to explain Beamcaster and his power to the three Rangers. He reveals that the other Rangers are currently hypnotized by the Zedd Waves, and the only way for them to awaken them from the trance is to reverse the Zedd Waves. Tommy asks Billy if he can make a device to reverse the waves, and he agrees to give it a shot. Zordon warns them that the longer people are hypnotized, the harder it will be to reverse the effects.
Meanwhile, the triathlon continues in the park, and Rocky, Adam, and Aisha are back in the race. Bulk and Skull happen upon Beamcaster, who hits them both with Zedd Waves, hypnotizing them as well. Beamcaster appears near a crowd watching the race and hypnotizes them all. Billy's device isn't fully tested, but Tommy insists that they have to try using it regardless. Zordon warns them to avoid the Zedd Waves themselves, and the three Rangers morph into action. Beamcaster knocks the wave reversal device out of Billy's hands, and all of the hypnotized people start marching towards the Rangers, preventing them from retrieving the device. The mob crushes the device as they mindlessly march towards the Rangers. Beamcaster hits Billy and Kimberly with Zedd Waves, hypnotizing them as well. Zordon and Alpha are worried as Tommy is the only Ranger not hypnotized. He confronts Beamcaster, who throws a cherry bomb at him. Tommy dodges the bomb, but Beamcaster throws several more at him. He finally hits Tommy with a Zedd Wave, hypnotizing him as well.
Rocky, Adam, and Aisha arrive to see the large mob of hypnotized people and leap off their bikes to look and Rocky picks up Billy's crushed device, which makes the hypnotized people to believe that they're Power Rangers and go after them, but they're rescued by Alpha who teleports them without warning to the Command Center. Zordon explains the situation to them. Alpha tells them about the crushed reverser device, and Aisha notices that while the outer casing is destroyed, the internal components are not badly damaged. She's familiar with fixing radio frequency technology because she worked at a radio station for the last three summers, so she quickly repairs the device back to working order. They fire the device at the Viewing Glove, aiming the reversal beams through the globe at the Rangers who are in the park. The beam isn't strong enough to reverse the Zedd Waves' effects on the Rangers, so Zordon offers to amplify the beam's strength with his "brain power". He projects beams of energy from himself to the device, which increases its power and breaks the spell on the Rangers. They teleport to the Command Center, where Zordon explains that Rocky, Adam, and Aisha saved them, and tells them to use the frequency reverser on Beamcaster to destroy him.
The Rangers teleport back to the park and confront Beamcaster again, where Billy fires the reversal device at him, but he reflects the beam back at the Rangers. Beamcaster tries throwing several bombs at the Rangers, but Tommy catches two of them and throws them back at him, exploding on contact. The Rangers form the Power Blaster and fire it at Beamcaster, which destroys him.
Back in the park, all of the people who were hypnotized by the Zedd Waves immediately snap out of their trance, including Bulk and Skull, who have no memory of the ordeal. Shortly thereafter, the final leg of the triathlon is finishing up, as Tommy, Billy, and Kimberly wait at the finish line. Rocky, Adam, and Aisha don't win the race, but they finish strong. Billy congratulates them, and Rocky thanks them for waiting for them at the finish line. Kimberly feels bad about ruining their chances of winning, but Aisha is content as they tried hard. Adam says that helping them out is one of the most important things they've ever done, so it was worth it. They all exchange handshakes in mutual appreciation.
Cast[]
- Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (Mighty Morphin White Ranger)
- Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott (Mighty Morphin Red Ranger) (archive footage only)
- Paul F. Rosenthal as Jason Lee Scott (Morphed Dialogue)
- Walter Jones as Zack Taylor (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger) (archive footage only)
- Joel Rogers as Zack Taylor (Morphed Dialogue)
- David Yost as Billy Cranston (Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
- Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan (Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger) (archive footage only)
- Judy as Trini Kwan (Morphed Dialogue)
- Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart (Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger)
- Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park
- Karan Ashley as Aisha Campbell
- 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)
- Dave Mallow as Beamcaster (voice)
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Errors[]
- When Jason, Zack, and Trini exit the ocean, Zack is at the front of the group. When Jason answers Zordon, he is at the front and Zack is suddenly at the back.
- Zack is wearing a snorkel in the stock footage, which vanishes when he morphs.
- The "potato" bomb that Beamcaster throws is a slightly orange body figure when Beamcaster throws it, turns into an orange ball when Tommy catches it, and then becomes a slightly orange body figure again when Beamcaster is blasted down.
Dairanger weapons
- Right before the scene where Tommy tosses back explosives at Beamcaster, the arsenal of the Dairangers can be see behind Beamcaster.
- When the Rangers use the Power Blaster to destroy Beamcaster, it first shoots the usual energy blast before switching to a flaming fireball from the not-yet-introduced Power Cannon attack.
- Tommy, Kimberly, and Billy morph out of order, with Billy morphing between Tommy and Kimberly.
- Tommy was clearly in the park when he threw the dynamite back at Beamcaster, but the monster is in a quarry.
Notes[]
- This episode aired the same day as VR Troopers
episode 28, Three Strikes
. - The shot of Jason, Zack, and Trini exiting the ocean was previously deleted footage from "Something Fishy".
- When Skull is hypnotized by Beamcaster, he says "Hail Lord Fred" instead of "Hail Lord Zedd."
- This episode is the final time a monster is destroyed by the Power Blaster.
- According to scripts of the episode released online, this was written before "Two for One" but filmed after. As such, writer Mark Litton assumed that St. John, Jones, and Trang were available for filming as they had not walked off the show by that point.
- The shots of Jason, Zack, and Trini unmorphed were recycled from "Something Fishy" from Season 1.
- This is the last episode where Rocky, Adam and Aisha appear as civilians instead of Rangers.
See Also[]
- Ep. 29: The Secret Inside Story of a Mother and Child's Tears - Super Sentai counterpart in Dairanger. See comparison page. (footage of Beamcaster standing around)
- Ep. 30: The Deadly, Fast-Talking Wanderer - Super Sentai counterpart in Dairanger. See comparison page. (Beamcaster fight footage)
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