Forever Red
Airdate: 10/05/02
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| Machine Empire forces have gathered on
Earth's moon. An army of Cogs digs up the evil Zord,
Serpentera. |
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They are being spied on by Andros, the
Red Space Ranger, sporting his signature cloak. |
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| He is spotted after making some noise,
but he manages to escape on his Galaxy Glider. |
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At Bulkmeyer's, Bulk and Skull talk about
old times while playing Psycho Ranger chess. The phone
rings. |
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| They nervously pass the call on to a
mysterious stranger sitting poolside. |
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Wild Force is approached by Carter
Grayson, Red Lightspeed Ranger. He asks Cole to come with
him for a special mission. |
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| Carter and Cole go to a NASADA space
port, where Eric and Wes have already arrived. |
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They are joined shortly by Theodore J.
Jarvis Johnson, the Red Turbo Ranger. "Please, call
me TJ." |
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| Andros arrives, and tells them that they
have all been gathered by a veteran Ranger for a special
mission. |
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In walks Tommy Oliver, Red Zeo Ranger.
Heexplains to them that Machine Empire forces have
survived. |
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| Under the command of General Venjix, they
are amassing their forces on the moon, preparing to
invade Earth. |
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When Cole asks how they are getting to
the moon, Andros unveils the Astro Megaship mark 2. |
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| Just as Tommy wonders why the final Red
Ranger has not arrived yet, a biker pulls up to the space
port - Jason, the original Red Ranger. |
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He greets the new faces, as well as his
old friend Tommy. "You didn't think I was going to
let you do this without the original Red Ranger, did
you?" |
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| The eight heroes march to the Astro
Megaship and take off for the moon. |
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Venjix gives a speech to his troops about
avenging King Mondo. |
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| On Mirinoi, Leo pulls his Quasar Saber
from the stone, ready for action. |
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The Rangers gather on the Megaship, along
with Alpha 7. They are told of the Machine
Empire'shistory, as well as their plans to dig up
Serpentera. |
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| With Serpentera dug up, and a new power
source in place, Venjix and his soldiers prepare to board
it. |
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The Red Rangers storm the place and tell
Venjix where to stuff it. He sends the Cogs to attack
them. |
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| Jason shows us why he is the man, and
kicks Cog can with his amazing martial arts abilities. |
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Carter shows us why he is a wuss, and
shoots the Cogs with his Rescue Blaster instead. |
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| Wes snags a Cog weapon and uses it
against them. |
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Cole shows off his monkey style fighting
techniques. |
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| With the Rangers occupied, the Machine
warriors go to Serpentera. |
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Cole breaks away from the fight to stop
them, but the Machines open fire. |
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| Cole is saved just in time by Leo and
Aurico, who fly in on a Jet Jammer. |
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The other Rangers come out after
defeating the Cogs. |
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| They all morph, ready to kick some
serious Machine butt. |
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Cole and Jason team up to take on General
Venjix. |
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| Jason shows the rookie how it's done with
a corkscrew kick. |
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Tommyand Wes take on the mean green
machine Gerrok. |
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| Tommy finishes him off with a Zeo Power
Kick. |
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The femme bot of the group, Tezzla, fires
at Aurico and Eric. |
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| They take her down by joining their
weapons and firing. |
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Leo flies up from a cloud of smoke and
slashes the Machine warrior. |
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| TJ destroys him on his way down with the
Lightning Sword. |
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Andros and Carter take on the blaster
weilding Steelon.. |
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| They expertly dodge, and use their
blasters to knock him off a cliff. |
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Battered from the fight, Venjix runs off
and boards Serpentera. |
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| He takes to the skies in the gigantic
Zord. Jason suggests that they head to the Megaship. |
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Carter says there isn't time, he must be
stopped before be reaches Earth. The rookie has an idea. |
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| Cole summons the Wild Rider, and flies
off after Serpentera. |
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Serpentera mouths off at the Wild Force
Ranger. |
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| Cole bobs and weaves on his ride,
avoiding the blasts. |
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He charges right at Serpentera as it
fires, and is able to withstand it. |
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| He continues flying into its mouth,
pushing the blast back into it. |
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Venjix screams in anger as Serpentera
blows up around him. |
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| As Cole emerges from the explosion, Jason
congratulates him. "I gotta admit, you did well
rookie." |
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Back on Earth, Tommy thanks them all for
helping to save Earth. "May the power protect
you." |
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| Cole watches in awe as Tommy leaves.
"He really is the greatest Ranger." |
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The others laugh at him, and try to outdo
each other by bragging of their own exploits. |
Comments:
- Horses on the moon.. interesting
- It was kind of disappointing that it wasn't
explained how some of the Rangers got their
powers back, but understandable, being only a 22
minute episode.
- The scale of the CGI Serpentera was way off.
- That was totally bogus how Cole single handedly
defeated Serpentera. A team effort would have
been preferrable.
- Jason was sure cocky...
- Big Bad Beetle Borgs?
- For such a well researched mission, they sure
waited until the last minute to strike against
the Machine Empire.
- Additional appearances by former Rangers included
Archie Kao voicing General Venjix, Catherine
Sutherland voicing Tezzla, and Walter Jones
voicing Gerrok.
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