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A Season to Remember is the twenty-ninth episode and Christmas special of Power Rangers Zeo. Despite being the last episode of Zeo shown, it doesn't qualify as a finale. Instead, this episode seems to be set earlier in the series as the actual finale, "Good As Gold", featured the destruction of the Machine Empire, while this episode shows them as the antagonists. This was not a part of the Gold Ranger story arc.

Synopsis[]

As the Rangers prepare a holiday celebration, Mondo plots to use the Rangers' ethnic diversities against them.

Plot[]

In a house decorated for Christmas, a young boy talks about how much he loves the holidays and getting presents. His grandfather begins to tell him the story of a memorable holiday season. Ernie and Raymond were arranging a celebration of different cultures' holidays at the Youth Center, where Raymond had contributed a menorah. Kat had cooked shrimps, explaining how they celebrate Christmas with a barbecue in Australia, and wishes Billy was there; Adam recalled he was at a family reunion. King Mondo observed the celebrations and was disgusted when Klank & Orbus explained how the holidays were a time of love on Earth. Machina suggested using a way to use the different ways they celebrate the holidays against them.

The boy wonders if the king will ruin Christmas. His grandfather first tells him about two guys who were always getting into trouble: Bulk and Skull, who were trying to wrap presents in the office, with Skull managing to drop the bowling ball he was wrapping on Bulk's hand. Stone told them they had a case: Missing fruit cakes. The pair checked out the scenes of the latest disappearance. Skull wondered about his Aunt Millie, famous for making rock hard fruit cakes, while Bulk decided to search for crumbs. They began following a trail of "red and green things".

Ernie left the teens to handle the setting up. Raymond showed Tommy and Kat how the candles of the menorah were lit on the eight days of Hannukah, while Tanya told Rocky and Adam about Kwanzaa, the African-American festival named after the Swahili term for first harvest, and how the seven candles symbolize the principles they strive for. Klank reported to Mondo that he had invented a Bias Blaster which would cause people to focus on their own traditions only. Mondo detailed Sprocket to use it.

At the Power Chamber, Zordon and Alpha had also decorated for Christmas. Zordon gave Alpha a pair of bunny slippers and Alpha gave Zordon a Santa hat and necktie. Sprocket and a group of Cogs arrived at the youth center and Sprocket used the Bias Blaster on the teens. Raymond tried to continue his explanation of the menorah but Tommy was no longer interested, insisting Raymond get a Christmas tree. Rocky accused Raymond of trying to steal Christmas, causing Tanya to defend Kwanzaa, and Adam to argue that Korea doesn't even have a holiday at that time.

The grandfather tells his grandson that Zordon and Alpha had worked out what was going on but knew there was nothing they could do against the hatred and the Rangers would have to work it out for themselves. Mondo increased the tension by causing all the presents and decorations to disappear. The teens' despondent moods were interrupted by a little girl, who had done a poster for the party. Kat sadly told her there wasn't going to be a party and they explained about everything going missing. Recalling what her mother did for her when she was sad, the girl sang to them. Moved, the teens broke out of the spell and hung up the girl's poster. Mondo was furious, even more so when Klank reluctantly told him the spell had been broken by love.

Bulk and Skull reached the end of the trail: A giant fruit cake made for them by Goldar and Rito. Bulk quietly pointed out they would have to replace the fruit cakes and Skull rang his Auntie Millie.

Back at the Youth Center, Tanya and Ernie looked over the restored decorations. Raymond appeared with a Christmas tree and Tommy presented him with a new menorah, with Kat suggesting he show them how to light it. Rocky and Adam arrived having put together some new Kwanzaa candles for Tanya.

The grandfather is revealed to be Tommy and his wife, a similarly elderly Kat, notes it's time for the boy to go home. The boy's older brother arrives to pick him up. There is the familiar sound of a Power Ranger communicator, causing Tommy to look round, but it's the older grandson who is wearing one and asks if they can keep his brother for a while longer because he has something to do. He hurries out. His brother notes he's always doing that. Tommy says it must run in the family.

Cast[]

VHS Release[]

The episode was originally going to have a VHS release "Tis the Season to be Zeo", but it was cancelled and instead released on the VHS Power Rangers: Holiday Specials.

Errors[]

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Notes[]

  • David Yost (Billy) does not appear in this episode.
  • It is revealed in this episode that King Mondo does not like to hear the word "love".
  • Austin St. John (Jason) appears in the opening titles but does not appear in this episode as it takes place sometime between "Song Sung Yellow" and "Revelations of Gold" but was aired at the end of the season as it was nearer to Christmas. However, the DVD release reordered the episodes, placing it in between "A Small Problem" and "Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise".
  • One of the establishing shots of the Command Center, a view of it at night with Christmas lights around the exterior, is taken directly from Alpha's Magical Christmas, which is Alpha's Christmas special from Mighty Morphin season 2.
  • Alpha's Christmas present from Zordon is a pair of bunny slippers in the shape of his feet.
    • This is the second time that he and Zordon celebrate Christmas together in the show (Alpha's Magical Christmas doesn't count as it is non-canon to the show). It is not explained why they celebrate Christmas, however.
  • This would be the last Power Rangers Christmas Special to be produced until Samurai's "Christmas Together, Friends Forever".
  • In this episode, it's revealed that Tommy and Kat will marry and have two grandchildren, one of whom may be a Power Ranger and wears a Zordon-era communicator. The canonicity of these events has been debated due to later events; for instance, Kat did not appear in Dino Thunder (due to financial issues), which seems contradictory to some fans. Furthermore, the Power Chamber had been destroyed in the finale of Power Rangers Turbo and the original communicator tone had never been used ever since though Jason had a communicator in “Forever Red”.
  • On the Netflix, Amazon and Youtube versions of the episode, Tanya's full version of the music video from Song Sung Yellow is featured after the credits.

External Links[]

Power nav icon List of Power Rangers Zeo episodes Icon-ohranger

1 & 2: A Zeo Beginning • 3: The Shooting Star • 4: Target Rangers • 5: For Cryin' Out Loud • 6: Rangers in the Outfield • 7: Every Dog Has His Day • 8: The Puppet Blaster • 9: Invasion of the Ranger Snatchers • 10: Graduation Blues • 11: A Few Bad Seeds • 12: Instrument of Destruction • 13: Mean Screen • 14: Mr. Billy's Wild Ride • 15-17: There's No Business Like Snow Business • 18: Inner Spirit • 19: Challenges • 20: Found and Lost • 21: Brother, Can You Spare an Arrowhead? • 22: Trust in Me • 23: It Came From Angel Grove • 24: Bulk Fiction • 25: Song Sung Yellow • 26: Game of Honor • 27: The Power of Gold • 28: A Small Problem • 29: A Season to Remember • 30: Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise • 31: Rock-A-Bye Power Rangers • 32: Do I Know You? • 33: Revelations of Gold • 34: A Golden Homecoming • 35: Mondo's Last Stand • 36: Bomber in the Summer • 37: Scent of a Weasel • 38: The Lore of Auric • 39: The Ranger Who Came in from the Gold • 40: The Joke's on Blue • 41: Where in the World is Zeo Ranger 5? • 42 & 43: King for a Day • 44: A Brief Mystery of Time • 45: A Mystery to Me • 46: Another Song and Dance • 47 & 48: Rangers of Two Worlds • 49: Hawaii Zeo • 50: Good as Gold

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