Power Rangers RPM - Episode 9 - "Ranger Yellow Part 2"

Part 2 Summary:
The boys are fighting the Grinders and they are talking behind Summer's back about the arrangement she made with her parents to marry into a rich family. Ziggy still can't fight and tries his best comically. Ranger Yellow comes in, saying there will be no wedding and fights the Grinders. The 4 boys morph, Blue and Green try to convince her to get married and Black and Red are not for it. Black asks Yellow something that brings her into another flashback, Summer was attacked by a blast and all her dollars fell. Andrews came to the rescue in an ice cream truck. Back in reality, Tenaya gets an upgrade from Venjix.


Summer meets her parents and meets her new groom Chaz and Summer's friend who abandoned her is there too. It just happens to be her rehearsal lunch. Summer catches the ball they were playing. Back at the garage, her parents reveal they are now broke and need the money from Chaz's rich family. They will give her the diamond at the wedding. Her father wants to know what happened. Back to the flashback, Andrews and Summer are on foot because the Ice Cream truck is broken and Summer says she doesn't even know his first name even though he practically raised her through her whole life. She decides to walk instead of laying on his poor old back. Andrews says he is waiting to see who she really is, he says he is happy to wait. The Grinders attack them and Summer fights them the best she can at that time.


She stops them and Andrews can't move, she pleads to him to move. She tells him he still hasn't seen who she is. He says he will be waiting and watching and then dies. She then finally reaches Corinth and reunites with her parents. Back in the present, everyone prepares for the wedding in the garage (Flynn is wearing a KILT! Yay! No, it is not a skirt), especially Tenaya who is disguised---you would think security would be tighter with rich people and the Rangers. After the commercial break, Summer's annoying friend annoys Dr. K and we find out that she was raised in an organization. Dillon is still against the wedding, Scott tells him to back off because it is a family thing, Dillon says he would know about that and they get into each other's faces. Summer tells them to finish the dance at the reception, they stop and look at each other confused. Summer asks Dr. K to pick a gown.


"Summer" comes in with a heavy opaque white veil. The Rangers look unhappy. Her father mentions the 'old summer' and Scott talks about the 'new one.' In a flashback, Summer hears Scott's mayday call and hops on a bike with medic jumpsuit and goes to save Scott. Back in reality, Tenaya gets the diamond and the Grinders attack. Tenaya takes off the veil and it is revealed it is Dr. K. Summer attacks Tenaya, saying no carter would put the cake next to an oil bin. The Rangers fight the Grinders, a new photo robot and Tenaya. The Camera Bot takes the power of the diamond and becomes huge. The Rangers morph as her parents look proud. The two megazords are formed and fight Camera Bot and destroy him.

Tenaya confront Dr. K. Dr. K takes out a violin and blasts Tenaya with a big blast of sound, saying it is the universal language. Back at the garage, Suummer's parents are proud of her and defend her from Chaz's parents. Chaz's mom asks how are they going to survive without money and Summer's mom says it is called having a job. She tosses the bouquet and Summer's annoying ex-friend goes for it and lands on the cake, disappointing poor old Flynn.

"Ranger Yellow Part 1 & 2" Review
So we finally found out that Summer was not military at all nor a medic, she was just some rich girl who finally got her gusto to save people and the first person she ever saved was Scott. Summer being a shallow rich girl first was a bit annoying to me, but I liked the story idea that she had to grow from the bottom to become a better person. I liked the duality of her being rich but lacking as a person to being a full dependent strong person but being 'poor.' It means a lot to me and fans that the lone female gets 2 parts to her flashback story and is about personal growth. Summer's parents are first annoying and snarky but then we grow to love them. Many fans talked about Dillon defending Summer and thought she was going to marry him. I didn't expect Andrews to come back in Part 2 but after he died, it made sense. I expected something different to happen. If I wrote Part 2, Summer would have met a band of thieves and fight them for the diamond and then had trained for months to be a medic to then save Scott, but maybe that would have not made sense with Corinth and stuff.

Where is Part 1?
I had a test that day and decided not to do a summary.
Here is the episode summary on PRC
Also, I am not posting episodes 6-10 anymore, because they are out on DVD--on PRRPM Volume 2 starting September 8 in the U.S. and Canada.

The Eternal Mystery of Zyu 2: The story of extra MMPR footage

Originally posted by me, Lavender Ranger, here at HenshinGrid!!!

In 1994, when Haim Saban was producing the first season of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers," he believed he needed more footage than the 50 episodes of Zyuranger. What had happen was that more episodes were ordered after the 40 episode run, because of its unforeseen popularity. 'Doomsday Part 2' was the original final episode, and it was given an new ending. Originally, like Zyuranger, Rita was going to be sealed up. Also in the end, the Rangers were going to be given the option of giving up their powers (this still kind of stayed). Proof of this was seen in a United Kingdom printed episode guide summarizing this ending. So Saban contacted the Toei Company and Rainbow Productions (which produced the monster suits) to produce more 'Zyuranger' footage. The companies agreed to produce 25 'episodes' with new costumes designed and built with new in-suit battles and 'Megazord' fighting scenes, this was filmed in Japan.

The footage was sent to America and spliced with American footage just like before. Fans have coined the footage as 'Zyu 2,' it is unknown what the Saban company officially called them, if at all they did. The 'Episodes' are not known to have titles but fans have give them titles but they are not the official ones. It was also requested to keep some Ranger personalities like Blue's smarts and the relationship between Pink and Green.

For some unknown reason, Yellow was still not made female and remained male and in the "Bloom of Doom" episode, you can clearly see the stuntMAN's bulge (From the Bloom of Doom episode). Unlike most of the monsters of the Japanese footage, Saban and co. had all the monster costumes in the United States. This is obvious as most of the 'Zyu 2' monsters appeared in later episodes and seasons as background characters. Now, this is where it gets interesting. Saban decided to use the "Dairanger"(1993) footage for the Thunderzords for the second season. The first season had 60 episodes and only 15 out of the 25 'Zyu 2' episode footage had been used.

Using the 'Zyu 2' footage was difficult for the second season, because they couldn't use the footage containing the original Putties due to the change to the 'Z' Putties and the original Megazord footage was exchanged with the Thunder Megazord. So, there was 10 times of monsters awkwardly fighting a megazord since they were never together in the first place. There was not a lot of physical interaction between the two, sometimes you could occasionally see the old Megazord through explosions and smoke. They tried to fix it with some new American footage of the monsters punching the Thunder Megazord, the most obvious use of this was in the episode "The Power Stealer" with the Octophantom. A few years ago, a Japanese book came out with pictures of the monsters and had kanji with names, some were very basic like Parrot Monster, Crayfish Monster, etc.; some had the same name like Soccadillo, Peckster, Pumpkin Rapper, etc.; and some had alternate names like Speed Shark, and Galamander for Saliguana.

Now, there are many many unsolved mysteries with the 'Zyu 2' footage. Some of the monsters had no Megazord footage, making people wonder why. Most of all being Bloom of Doom, there is a rumor Lorkar was used in the battle but this has not been proven. The footage brought great things like in the episode "Oyster Stew," Tommy gave Zack his shield and the Megazord underwater (which never happened in Zyuranger). The above trading card has Zack in a fluffy cotton shield, which is the American shield, while the Japanese shield (which was later used in Dino Thunder) was hard and foam. Zack was never seen in the fluffy shield in that episode, many believe this is just a publicity photo, an re-creation. Or maybe they shot American footage of the scene but it wasn't used. Zack was seen in the hard foam shield thanks to the 'Zyu2' footage.

Toys were made of these monsters, five large 8" figures (Rhino Blaster, Pirantishead, Soccadillo, Goo Fish, Guitardo) and nine 5.5" tall figures (Slippery Shark, Two-Headed Parrot, Grumble Bee, Peckster, Dramole, Invenusable Flytrap, Stag Beetle, Robogoat, and Pythor). Pythor never appeared in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, it is yet another mystery if a suit was made of this monster and if it the footage was filmed. Maybe Pythor is unrelated and had no footage at all and is just a toy. The 'Zyu 2' footage was and has never been seen in Japan in Super Sentai or in any form. I wish this could be answered but I am afraid we may never know any of these answers. Fans will forever be lost in this. Many of the regular public have no idea about this.

UPDATED MAY 1, 2009

Power Rangers RPM - What Time and Where It is Not Broadcasted

Cities at 5 and 5:30AM:
Miami, FL (Ch. 10)
Baltimore, MD
Dallas, TX (Ch. 8)

Cities at 6 and 6:30AM:
Portland, ME (Ch. 8)

Cities at 11 or/and 11:30AM:
San Francisco, CA (Ch. 7)
Sacramento, CA (Ch. 10)
Chicago, IL (Ch. 7)
New Orleans, LA (Ch. 26)

Cities at 12pm or/and 12:30pm:
Los Angeles, CA (Ch. 7)
Tallahassee, FL (Ch. 7)
New York, NY (Ch. 7)
Philly, PA (Ch. 6)

Cities at 1pm and 12:30pm:
Tampa, FL

Power Rangers RPM cannot be seen in the following cities:

1. Birmingham, AL
2. Phoenix, AZ
3. Frenso, CA
4. San Diego, CA
5. Orlando, FL
6. Palm Beach, FL's local channel
   
7. Atlanta, GA
8. Boston, MA
9. Las Vegas, NV
10. Seattle, WA

Please post here if your city is not mentioned and I will add it.

Power Ranger Animal ID Changes

UPDATED 7/10/23
The change of one animal to another from the original Super Sentai to Power Rangers may not be a big deal to some people and to others it is an outrage. I think it is interesting to look at these changes and why they could have occurred.

While they are not exactly animals, these were the first 'creature' name changes. For the Thunderzords of the second season of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers," three of the zords were given names that were not of their original intention. Called a Griffin, the Yellow Ranger's Thunderzord was actually a Kirin in Dairanger, a mythical creature best known in Japan and to Americans, it is the name of a beer. It is understandably the change was made because most Americans, especially children are unfamiliar with this creature. The Blue Ranger's Unicorn was actually a Pegasus, perhaps this change was made because the Saban company thought a Pegasus was too feminine or maybe they wanted a horned-creature to go alongside the Blue Ranger's previous zord, the Triceratops. And the strangest change was the Pink Ranger's Firebird, which was a Phoenix. Wouldn't we know what that was? Anyhoo, in Mystic Force, Phoenix was used.

Speaking about Mairanger, MagiFairy was changed to a sprite, which was mentioned just once in the series. Garuda and Phoenix stayed, but many suppose 'Fairy' was not used to be compared with Disney's own 'Fairies' or maybe be construed with the negative gay slang term.In Gekiranger, the Gazelle became the Antelope, which in the Spanish dub of Jungle Fury, it was called a Gazelle.

Disney's people probably didn't do their research or have a zoologist. Gazelle to left and Antelope to right.

Now, this is the reason I started this post. The most controversial being the change of Go-Onger's Birca, an Orca to a shark for RPM. It hasn't been called a shark on the show as of yet but the zord and Ranger have been called a shark on the toys. The major difference is the shape of the tail. It runs horizontal in an orca and vertical in a shark. They probably substituted "shark" for "orca" because it's more recognizable and because it's easy to pass off one for the other.

Go-Onger's Carrigator, based on an Alligator, has become Croczord or Croc Carrier. Crocodiles have longer snouts than Alligators, Alligators have flatter ones too. The zord has a flat snout like an Alligator but I suppose it is long enough to be mistaken for a Crocodile. I guess Bandai or Disney didn't really researched and called it whatever they wanted. Doesn't matter, just interesting to mention.

Whole Chart:

• Mammoth (Zyuranger) = Mastodon (MMPR)
• Kirin (Dairanger) = Griffin Thunderzord
• Pegasus (Dairanger) = Unicorn Thunderzord
• Phoenix (Dairanger) = Firebird Thunderzord
• Dragon as Gingalcon (Gingaman) = Condor (Lost Galaxy)
• Kabuto as Gorai Beetle (Hurricanger) = Crimson Insectizord (Ninja Storm)
• Kuwagata as Gorai Stag (Hurricanger) = Navy Beetlezord (Ninja Storm)
• Condor as Tri Condor (Hurricanger) = Ninja Firebird (Ninja Storm)
• Tupuxuara as Top Galer (Abaranger) = Dragon as Dragozord (Dino Thunder)
• Magi Fairy = Mystic Sprite
• Geki Gazelle = Antelope (Jungle Fury)
• Condor as Speedor (Go-Onger) = Eagle as Eagle Racer (RPM)
• German Shepard as Gunpherd = Wolf as Wolf Cruiser
• Orca as Birca = Shark
• Aligator as Carrigator = Crocodile as Croc Carrier
• Young Rooster as Toripter = Falcon (toy) and mentioned as a 'flying Chicken' and as 'Chicken Zord' in a call sheet but no official name.
• Monkey = Ape Folding Zord
• Kabuto Origami = Bettlezord
• Squid Ebi origami = Octozord
• scarlet Sauropoda Kyoryumaru = Sharkzord
• Kabuto Header = Beetle Zord (Land Brothers)
• Tyranno Header = Dino Zord
• OtomoNin Magoimaru (carp) = Piranha Zord (Ninja Steel)
• Rhino Beetle = Mantis (Beast Morphers)
• Stag beetle = Scarab 
• Miragaia = Stegozord (Dino Fury)
• Swordfish = Shark (Cosmic Fury)

Power Rangers RPM: Reasons to Watch, What You're Missing

I DO NOT OWN THE COPYRIGHT TO POWER RANGERS. Power Rangers RPM is property of Disney, Toei Company, and BVS Entertainment. Copyright infringement is not intended.

Channels are required to show educational programs. Power Rangers is not being broadcasted by most ABC affiliates, because of this or infomercials or pre-empting (not showing it for a special program or sport), so many fans can not see this show. This video was complicated by me in a effort for fans who can see the show to do so to boost ratings. And for many other people to be aware of the better quality of Power Rangers RPM in writing and plot. These are snippets of the past seven episodes. It was hard to squeeze it into 10 minutes.

Power Rangers Stats

Originally posted by me, Lavender Ranger, here at HenshinGrid!!!

UPDATED 5/9/14
* Subject to be outdated!

People ask and ask about these things and some of these things I have covered on boards but have been lost through the years. And this was fun too. 

Colors
Red: 24 (All including Quantum, A-Squad, Dairanger, Dino Squad and Female Samurai)
Crimson: 1 (NS)
Orange (with) White: 2 (SPD &JF)
Yellow: 21 (Including Dairanger and Mask Yellow in Super Megaforce)
Green: 16 (MMPR, Zeo, Turbo, LG-TF, NS, SPD, MF, JF, RPM, Samurai, PRSM, Dairanger, DC)
Blue: 18 (All except...)
Light Blue: 4 (Aquitar, NS, MF, JF)
Navy: 1 (NS)
Pink: 16 (MMPR-TF, SPD-OO, PRS-PRDC and Pink Flash)
Violet: 1 (JF)
Black: 13 (MMPR-Aquitar, Space, LG, WF, DT, SPD, OO, JF, RPM, PRM, DC)
White: 6 (MMPR-Zeo, WF, DT, SPD, MF)
Silver (or) Grey: 9 (Space, LR, WF, SPD, OO, RPM, PRM, PRSM, DC)
Gold: 5 (Zeo, MF, RPM, PRS, DC)
Other Color Stats

• 1 team with no Yellow (Dino Charge)
• 3 teams with color scheme Red, Blue, Yellow, White, and Black (Aquitar, WF, DT)
• 3 Non-Red Ranger led teams (MMPR, Aquitar, TF)
• 3 teams with Red entering pre-existing team (LG, WF, OO)
• 4 female White Rangers (Aquitar, WF, Kat, MF)
• 4 male White Rangers (MMPR, DT, SPD, JF)
• 13Rangers with two colors [Gold Ranger, Lunar Wolf, Crimson Ranger, Navy Ranger, Shadow Ranger, Omega Ranger, Kat Ranger, Nova Ranger, Solaris Knight, Mercury Ranger, Rhino Ranger, Ranger Gold (RPM), Ranger Silver (RPM)]
• 6 teams with no Pink Ranger (Aquitar, WF-DT, JF, RPM)
• 12 teams with the color scheme Red, Blue, Yellow, Green and Pink (MMPR, Zeo, Turbo, LG-TF, NS, SPD, A-Squad, MF, PRS, PRSM)
• 5 teams with Green and Black (MMPR, Zeo, Turbo, JF, RPM)
• 4 teams with White and Black (MMPR, Aquitar, WF, DT)
• 20 teams with Red Ranger leaders (MMPR-LR, Dairanger, WF-PRDC)

Gender

• 2 Female Red (SPD, PRSS)
• 2 Female Blue (PRNS, PRMF)
• 3 teams with more than 2 females (SPD, MF, PRS)
• 3 Male Yellow
• 3 female leaders (Aquitar, TF, A-Squad)
• 4 Female White Rangers
• 4 Male White Rangers
• 5 blonde-hair male Rangers (Zhane, Hunter, Tyzonn, Dominick, Orion)
• 4 blonde Pink Rangers (MMPR-Turbo, LG, LR, & SPD)
• 12 blonde female Rangers (MMPR-LR, WF, NS, SPD, OO-PRSM)
• 6 teams with 1 female in main five (Aquitar, NS, DT, JF, RPM & DC)
• 6 teams with female ally/mentor (Turbo, WF, DT, SPD, MF, RPM)
• 11 female Rangers without skirts [MMPR Yellow, Maya (PRLG), Kelsey (PRLR), Katie (PRTF), Taylor (PRWF), SPD-6]
• 14 teams with 2 girls in main five
• 31 female Rangers with skirts [MMPR Pink, Aquitar, Zeo-2, Turbo-2, Space-2, Galaxy Pink, Dana (PRLR), Jen (PRTF), Alyssa (PRWF), Tori (PRNS), Kira (PRDT), Mystic-3, PROO-2, Lily (PRJF), RPM-2, PRS-3, PRM-2, PRSM-2, DC- 2.
• 40 female Rangers (Kimberly, Trini, Aisha, Katherine, Delphine, Tanya, Cassie, Ashley, Maya, Kendrix, Karone, Kelsey, Dana, Katie, Jen, Alyssa, Taylor, Tori, Kira, Syd, Z, Kat, Nova, Charlie, A-Squad Pink, Udonna, Vida, Madison, Ronnie, Rose, Lily, Summer, Gema, Emily, Mia, Lauren, Gia, and Emma, Dino Charge Pink and Dino Charge Violet.)

Team Stats

• 1 team with two sisters (MF)
• 1 series with restroom scene--no toilet! (SPD)
• 2 team with no mentor (Space, LG)
• 2 teams with a business (TF, JF)
• 2 teams with two brothers (LG, NS)
• 3 teams with a sister and brother (Space, LR, PRS)
• 2 series featuring a cousin(s) to a Ranger (NS, MF)
• 3 series with a mother important to the plot (Zeo, LR, MF)
• 6 series with previous ranger team (MMPR, WF, SPD, MF, PRS, PRSM)
• 4 teams connected with government (LR, TF, SPD, RPM)
• 4 teams with mentor as Ranger (DT, SPD, MF, JF)
• 4 teams with Alien mentor (MMPR-Turbo, SPD)
• 4 Rangers with no Sentai counterparts (Titanium, Elephant, Shark, Bat)
• 5 teams with a parent involved (LR, SPD, MF, OO, RPM)
• 5 teams with evil ranger(s) in team (MMPR, WF, NS, DT, MF)
• 8 teams with team-power-ups (LG, DT, SPD, MF, JF, PRS, PRM, PRSM)
• 6 teams with sibling members (Space, LG, LR, NS, MF, PRS)
• 7 series with shirtless scene [MMPR (Jason & Tommy), LG (Leo), LR (Ryan), WF (Merrick), NS (Shane), PRS (Mike, Kevin), PRM (Troy)]
• 7 series with a father important to the plot (Zeo, LR, TF, SPD, MF, OO, RPM)
• 7 teams with alien member(s) (Aquitar, Space, LG, TF, B-Squad, A-Squad, OO)
• 9 teams with no inter-Ranger romance (LG, Aquitar, LR, WF, B-Squad, A-Squad, OO, PRS, PRM)
• 9 teams to lose powers at end (MMPR, Turbo-LR, WF-DT, RPM)
• 8 series where headquarters destroyed/trashed (MMPR, Turbo, LG-TF, SPD-OO)
• 10 series with a scene w/ sleeping quarters (MMPR, Space, LG, WF, DT, SPD, JF, RPM, PRS, PRM)
• 11 Team-up Episodes (MMPR/Aquitar, Space/LG, LG/LR, LR/TF, TF/WF, Forever Red, NS/DT, DT/SPD, Once A Ranger, Clash of the Red Rangers, PRSM)
• 12 teams with inter-Ranger romance (MMPR-Space, TF, NS, DT, MF, JF, RPM, PRS, PRM)
• 24 SPD Rangers

By the Number Stats

• 2 series with 2 different leaders (MMPR, PRS)
• 1 series with the most rangers (SPD)
• 2 teams to end with 8 good members (MF, JF)
• 3 teams to end with 5 members (Aquitar, DT, A-Squad)
• 5 teams to start with three members (NS, DT, SPD, JF, RPM)
• 8 teams to end with 6 members (Zeo-Space, LR-WF, MF, OO)
• 17 teams to start with 5

Ethnicity Stats

• 3 African-American leaders (Turbo, SPD, RPM)
• 3 teams with no African-Americans (NS, MF, JF)
• 3 teams with Spanish or Latino background Red Ranger (MMPR, WF, PRM)
• 4 teams with no Asians (DT, SPD, MF)
• 5 teams with no Latinos (LG, LR, TF, JF, RPM)
• 13 Caucasian leaders (All except Turbo, NS, SPD, MF, RPM, PRS)

Arsenal/Zords Stats

• 1 team with 10 piece Megazord (OO)
• 2 Red Rangers to have bikes that the others don't have (MF, JF)
• 2 teams with 2-piece blasters (Thunder Rangers, RPM)
• 3 Non-Leaders with 'Battlizers' (Blue, Green LR, Quantum, PRS)
• 3 Non-Red Rangers to have a bike that the others don't have (Crimson NS, Blue DT, and Black
• 3 teams with no individual-weapons (Aquitar, LR, A-Squad)
• 5 teams with bazooka not made of individual weapons (MMPR, Turbo, SPD, JF, PRS)
• 5 teams with no group-weapons (Aquitar, LG, A-Squad, MF, OO)
• 5 teams to have girls whom have no bikes when the boys do (LG, SPD, MF, OO, JF)
• 7 teams with six-piece zord combos (MMPR, Space, LR, WF, NS, SPD, RPM)
• 8 Red Rangers without Battlizers (MMPR, Aquitar, Zeo, Turbo, LR, A-Squad, JF, RPM)
• 10 un-manned zords (Titanus, Tor, Warrior Wheel, Delta M., Stratusforce, Centaurus, Shadow, Croczord, Whale Zord, Paleozord and Lightzord)
• 10 Red Rangers with Battlizers (Space, LG, TF to OO, PRS)
• 10 teams with 5-piece blasters (MMPR-Space, LR-DT, RPM)
• 10 teams with a second group Megazord (MMPR-Space, LR, WF, SPD-JF)

Villain Stats

• 4 Demon-like villain group (LR, WF, PRS, PRDC)
• 3 Mutant villains (TF, DT, PRM)
• 2 Undead villains (MF, JF)
• 3 Series to have villains related to a Ranger (Space, LR and RPM)
• 3 father/daughter teams (MMPR, LG, TF)
• 4 Mechanical villains (Zeo, TF, RPM, PRM)
• 4 villains that happened to be fathers (Zeo, LG, TF, PRSM)
• 3 villains that happened to be mothers (Zeo, LR, MF)
• 3 married villains [MMPR, Zeo (2)]
• 4 female main villains (MMPR, Turbo, LG, LR)
• 8 villains that were related (MMPR, Zeo, Turbo, LG, LR, TF, NS, MF)
• 10 Alien villains (MMPR-LG, NS, SPD, OO, PRM, PRSM)
• 9 series where villain becomes good (Space, LR-DT, MF, JF, RPM)
• 9 villain headquarters destroyed (MMPR, LG, LR, WF, DT, SPD, MF, OO, PRM)
• 15 male main villains (Zeo, Space, LG, TF-PRSM)