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Icon-mightymorphinThis article is about an episode in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

A Chimp in Charge is the twenty-eighth episode of the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

The 18th Zeo Serial Short aired before a later airing of the episode.

Synopsis[]

Katherine and Aisha help teach a chimpanzee, Kelly, to communicate with sign language for a school assignment. However, Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd turn the ape into the Sinister Simian monster to lure the Power Rangers out to fight her. Now, the Rangers have to find a way to defeat the ape monster without harming her and return Kelly back to normal.

Plot[]

Ms. Appleby announces her class' last assignment of the year: a ten minute presentation on any language in pairs. She reluctantly agrees that Bulk and Skull can do English, but points out they need to do more than mindlessly babble. Later, Tommy and Billy inform Aisha they are planning to do Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Kat arrives with the assistant for her and Aisha's project: a chimpanzee named Kelly brought over by her aunt, who is lecturing at the local university. Kat and Aisha are planning to teach her basic sign language. Observing the chimp, Rita Repulsa is mainly interested in winding up Goldar about their similarity but Lord Zedd thinks it is an opportunity.

At the juice bar, Lieutenant Stone assigns Bulk and Skull to solve a theft: bananas, which were meant to have been delivered to Ernie. Exiting, they see the four teens with Kelly, who eats a banana, and realize she could help them track down the thief. Seeing the four Rangers have taken Kelly to a secluded spot, Zedd decides to act and sends Finster and a group of Tengas down. Tommy, Billy, Kat, and Aisha transform into Ninja Ranger forms to battle the Tengas, while Finster tries to shoot Kelly with a weapon that will turn her into a monster. The chimp evades him and Kat chases him off, with the Tengas also retreating.

Kat and Aisha take Kelly back to Aisha's place, but she wanders off while they are getting a snack. Bulk and Skull entice her with a banana and she leads them to a fruit seller. The fruit seller decides to adopt Kelly as a mascot, dressing her as a Rastafarian. Bulk and Skull think they have found their culprit. Furious at Finster's failure, Zedd personally turns Kelly into a monster, the Sinister Simian. Bulk, Skull, and the fruit seller flee as the monster rampages through the park.

Zordon summons Kat and Aisha to join the other Rangers at the Command Center and shows them the Simian. Kat is worried about hurting Kelly and Billy suggests he could find a cure if he had a sample of her fur. The Rangers morph and teleport to the park. Kat's voice seems to calm the Simian at first, but when Billy tries to get a sample, she strikes him. After a brief battle, Kat and Aisha manage to restrain the Sinister Simian long enough for Billy to get the sample and teleport back to his lab.

Tommy, Kat, Aisha, Rocky, and Adam try to keep the Sinister Simian contained while Billy works on a way to administer a cure. Zedd and Rita grow the Simian to giant size. Billy returns, having loaded his cure in a projectile that can be fired from the Shogunzords, but has not had a chance to test it. The Rangers summon their Zords and battle the Simian, but Billy is unable to get a clear shot. Tommy gets the Sinister Simian's attention by having the White Shogunzord make ape-like movements that arouse her curiosity. Billy fires the projectile causing the Simian to shrink away, and the teens find Kelly in the park unharmed. Zedd blames Rita for the plan's failure while she argues he did no better.

Later, the six teens are at the juice bar, with Rocky and Adam congratulating Kat and Aisha on their project. Bulk and Skull drag in the fruit seller and tell Ernie they have caught the banana bandit. When Ernie gets a word in, he reveals he found the bananas: the new delivery guy put them in the freezer.

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Errors[]

  • When Billy talks about hitting the right spot, the shot is mirror-flipped.
  • When Kelly returned to normal size, she was wearing none of the items the fruit stand owner had given her.
  • At the beginning of the episode, Kat is seen in the classroom with the other Rangers getting the last assignment of the school year, despite it being said in "A Ranger Catastrophe, Part II" that Kat would start school in the fall.

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Icon-mightymorphin List of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Episodes
Season 1

0: Day of the Dumpster (pilot) • 1: Day of the Dumpster • 2: High Five • 3: Teamwork • 4: A Pressing Engagement • 5: Different Drum • 6: Food Fight • 7: Big Sisters • 8: I, Eye Guy • 9: For Whom The Bell Trolls • 10: Happy Birthday, Zack • 11: No Clowning Around• 12: Power Ranger Punks • 13: Peace, Love and Woe • 14: Foul Play in the Sky • 15: Dark Warrior • 16: Switching Places • 17-21: Green With Evil • 22: Itsy Bitsy Spider • 23: The Trouble with Shellshock • 24: The Spit Flower • 25: Life's a Masquerade • 26: Gung Ho! • 27: Wheel of Misfortune • 28 & 29: Island of Illusion • 30: The Rockstar • 31: Calamity Kimberly • 32: A Star Is Born • 33: The Yolk's on You! • 34 & 35: The Green Candle • 36: Birds of a Feather • 37: Clean-Up Club • 38: A Bad Reflection on You • 39 & 40: Doomsday • 41: Rita's Seed of Evil • 42: A Pig Surprise • 43: Something Fishy • 44: Lions & Blizzards • 45: Crystal of Nightmares • 46: To Flea or Not to Flee • 47: Reign of the Jellyfish • 48: Plague of the Mantis • 49 & 50: Return of an Old Friend • 51: Grumble Bee • 52: Two Heads are Better than One • 53: Fowl Play • 54: Trick or Treat • 55: Second Chance • 56: On Fins and Needles • 57: Enter… The Lizzinator • 58: Football Season • 59: Mighty Morphin' Mutants • 60: An Oyster Stew

Season 2

1-3: The Mutiny • 4: The Wanna-Be Ranger • 5: Putty on the Brain • 6: Bloom of Doom • 7: The Green Dream • 8: The Power Stealer • 9: The Beetle Invasion • 10: Welcome to Venus Island • 11: The Song of Guitardo • 12 & 13: Green No More • 14: Missing Green • 15: Orchestral Maneuvers in the Park • 16: Beauty and the Beast • 17 & 18: White Light • 19: Two for One • 20: Opposites Attract • 21: Zedd's Monster Mash • 22-24: The Ninja Encounter • 25: A Monster of Global Proportions • 26: Zedd Waves • 27 & 28: The Power Transfer • 29: Goldar's Vice-Versa • 30: Mirror of Regret • 31: When is a Ranger Not a Ranger? • 32: Rocky Just Wants to Have Fun • 33: Lights, Camera, Action • 34: Where There's Smoke, There's Fire • 35: Scavenger Hunt • 36: The Great Bookala Escape • 37: Forever Friends • 38: A Reel Fish Story • 39 & 40: Rangers Back in Time • 41-43: The Wedding • 44-46: Return of the Green Ranger • 47: Best Man for the Job • 48 & 49: Storybook Rangers • 50 & 51: Wild West Rangers • 52: Blue Ranger Gone Bad

Season 3 & Alien Rangers

1-3: A Friend in Need • 4-7: Ninja Quest • 8: A Brush with Destiny • 9: Passing the Lantern • 10: Wizard for a Day • 11: Fourth Down and Long • 12 & 13: Stop the Hate Master • 14: Final Face-Off • 15: The Potion Notion • 16: I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger • 17 & 18: A Ranger Catastrophe • 19-21: Changing of the Zords • 22: Follow that Cab! • 23-25: A Different Shade of Pink • 26: Rita's Pita • 27: Another Brick in the Wall • 28: A Chimp in Charge • 29-31: Master Vile and the Metallic Armor • 32: The Sound of Dischordia • 33: Rangers in Reverse • 34 & 35: Alien Rangers of Aquitar • 36: Climb Every Fountain • 37: The Alien Trap • 38: Attack of the 60' Bulk • 39: Water You Thinking? • 40: Along Came a Spider • 41: Sowing the Seas of Evil • 42 & 43: Hogday Afternoon

Movies & Specials

Alpha's Magical ChristmasMighty Morphin Power Rangers: The MoviePower Rangers (2017)Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always

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