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Beauty and the Beast is the sixteenth episode of the second season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Summary

As Kimberly falls into depression over losing Tommy again, Lord Zedd decides to become the new man in her life by making her into his queen... whether she wants to or not.

Plot

Depressed about Tommy's departure from the team, Kimberly seeks out the advice of a Fortune Teller, Madam Swampy, despite Billy's claims that such practitioners are likely frauds. Meanwhile, Lord Zedd reveals a desire to have Kimberly as his Queen. He dispatches Goldar and the Putties to capture Kimberly. Through the use of a magic golden dust that renders Kimberly in a zombie-like state, he manages to take Kimberly away from outside the Fortune Teller's shack, and holding her captive in an underground cave known as The Cave of Fantasy.

Zedd attempts to distract the Rangers by sending the Z-Putties to attack Zack's cousin Curtis and his friend Richie. Once Billy manages to pinpoint the location of the cave, he and Trini go after Kimberly, while Zack goes after the Putties attacking his cousin. Jason is unable to be reached because he is in the mountains, which are shielding him from communication signals from the Command Center.

Inside the cave, Kimberly's communicator and Morpher are taken by Goldar as he casts a spell to make her into a queen with no memory of being a Ranger. The spell also transforms her clothes into that of Rita Repulsa's, complete with staff. However, he does not know that Kimberly's memories are unaffected by the spell, and she takes advantage of it by performing a surprisingly-accurate rendition of Rita. Her screaming and bossiness becomes so convincing that Goldar begins regretting the idea. Trini and Billy then arrive, causing Kimberly to drop the act. Trini recovers the Morpher and communicator while Billy holds off Goldar long enough for the three to escape.

All five Rangers teleport to the park to face the Mirror Maniac. After the defeat of the putties, Zedd forces the monster to grow (forgetting about Kimberly), and the Rangers summon the Thunder Megazord. Once defeated, the kids return to the Youth Center where Bulk and Skull, having been trying to find the rangers with help from Madame Swampy end up there as well. It turns out that Madame Swampy is a friend of Ernie's and had been helping him promote the Youth Center. The new add offers free protein muffins Which Bulk and Skull help themselves too, only to find out the muffins are only free with a paid lunch. Bulk and Skull end up having to wash the dishes for eating without paying.

Cast

Notes

  • Jason David Frank (Tommy) does not appear in this episode.
  • Austin St. John does not appear in this episode as Jason does not appear unmorphed throughout this episode. The reason for this is unknown.
  • One of Trini's lines ("Let's kick the putty") was recycled from "For Whom The Bell Trolls".
  • This episode follows the common trope of male villains choosing female protagonists as consorts in their world domination plans; usually, like here, the girl is very unwilling to become that villain's queen, and love usually isn't a motivation to have her become so.
    • Kimberly's clothing being covered by Rita's dress is a foreshadowing to The Wedding.
  • Second and last episode of the season not to feature Tommy Oliver.
  • This is last episode where Jason is the leader of the Power Rangers.
  • This is also the last episode where Zack is the team's second-in-command.
  • Hilariously, given what happens to Kimberly in this episode, Amy Jo Johnson has stated she wanted to play Rita in the 2017 reboot movie. [1]
  • The episode title is an obvious reference to the 1991 Walt Disney film Beauty and the Beast.
  • This is the first episode in which we hear Trini's substitute voice actor. Out of the three voice actors that fill in for Austin St. John, Walter Jones and Thuy Trang, Trang's substitute voice actor sounds the least like her respective character.

Errors

  • The Thunder Megazord is seen sheathing its saber when the Mirror Maniac was in the process of being destroyed, but the usual stock footage of the sword being sheathed was played afterwards anyway.
  • The morphed Red, Yellow, and Black Rangers were not voiced by their respective actors in this episode. They either used stock voice clips, alternate voice actors, or the Rangers refrained from speaking altogether, to include the use of Kiai in battle scenes. Trini and Zack appeared unmorphed however, but Jason was absent from the entire episode in his unmorphed appearance.
  • When pretending to be evil, Kimberly mimics Rita's infamous headaches. How could Kimberly have known about her constant headaches?
  • Despite the Rangers having never fought Mirror Maniac before he grew, his mirror mysteriously broke sometime between the defeat of the putties and the start of the Zord battle.
  • The Thunder Megazord's chest jewel appears blue instead of its usual green.
  • While morphed, it's clear that Trini is being voiced by a different actress because she has a British accent.

Songs

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