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

Blue Ranger Gone Bad is the fifty-second and final episode of the second season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Synopsis[]

Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa concoct a scheme to kidnap the real Billy and make an evil one. Trouble begins when the kids notice Billy acting weird. After infiltrating the team, he renders the Rangers powerless when he takes their Power Morphers and they must cope with Goldar and the Putty Patrol as well as Vase Face.

Plot[]

An art class is in progress at Angel Grove High. Tommy and Kimberly are finding it difficult but Billy shows them and Adam a hologram disc he has created. Another girl, Violet, is also impressed: She has made a statue of Billy for her project. Nearby, Bulk and Skull show teacher Mrs. Binks their rather feeble attempt to create a statue of the Power Rangers: They hope that the Rangers will turn up to thank them, so they can unmask them.

After everyone has left the class, Goldar and Squatt teleport in. Observing from his moon base, Lord Zedd starts an incantation but Rita gets bored and snatches the staff from him, using it to turn the statue into an evil Billy. Goldar notes the plan is to replace the real Billy with him and put Billy to sleep.

Kimberly and Adam encourage Billy to ask Violet out while Tommy laments the vase he has created for art class, wondering if he could pretend it's an alien head. A group of Putties teleport in and, under the cover of the ensuing battle, Billy is dragged off by vines and transported to Zedd's dark dimension. He is held in place by a beam and Goldar and Squatt take his communicator and backpack, handing them to his clone: The plan is for him to take the Rangers' communicators and Power Morphers, cutting them off from Zordon. Goldar also reveals the fog enveloping Billy will send him to sleep forever.

The fake Billy joins Tommy, Kimberly and Adam. They are slightly bemused that he now shows no interest in seeing Violent and wants to pump weights. At the Juice Bar, they, Rocky, Aisha and Ernie watch Billy weight lifting with bemusement. The fake Billy ignores Violet when she talks to him, then asks the Rangers for their communicators, saying he needs to adjust them (and giving a complex scientific reason why). Tommy cautiously hangs on to his. The fake Billy surreptitiously takes everyone's Power Morphers as well.

As the group are walking, Aisha asks Evil Billy about his hologram disc which he says he doesn't have. Tommy hangs back and calls Zordon, who confirms he didn't tell Billy to adjust the communicators. He and Alpha start scanning for Billy's life signs. Tommy fills in Kimberly and she tries to get her communicator back but then Goldar and the putties return and the fake Billy moves to side with them. Goldar mocks the fact the Rangers can't morph and they fight him and the putties without doing so. Kimberly grabs Billy's bag but is surrounded by putties. She tries to throw it to Tommy but it gets stuck up a tree.

Billy remembers the hologram disc and uses it to reflect the beam back at its projector, shorting it out. Rita calls a sleeping Zedd to join her and Finster on the balcony, since the Rangers are winning anyway. She tries to grab Zedd's staff again, but he holds onto it and transforms Tommy's vase to a monster, Vase Face. Zordon and Alpha detect Billy and transport him to the park, where he finds his double retrieving the bag. Billy grabs it off him and, after taking his own Power Morpher, throws the bag to Tommy, who hands the others out. Billy and his clone scuffle and both morph. Tommy, Rocky, Adam and Aisha wonder which Billy is the real one. However, Kimberly isn't fooled by this attempt from a previous incident. She picks up the dropped hologram disc and deceptively asks what it is. One Billy thinks it's a mirror, while the other doesn't answer. Kimberly tells him that he's wrong and it's a hologram disc. She tells her friends the Billy who answered wrong is a fake. The other Rangers morph and Billy leads them in destroying the fake with their blasters. Tommy asks Kimberly how she was able to figure out which Billy was real. She mentions that the real Billy would know the the disk and didn't answer, which was how she was able to tell him from the fake.

Zedd grows Vase Face to giant size and the Rangers summon the Thunderzords. The Thunder Megazord and White Tigerzord battle Vase Face, who the Thunder Megazord finishes off with the Thunder Saber. At the Moon Palace, Zedd and Rita are seen yelling at each other again.

Later, back in art class, Billy apologizes to Violet for "his" earlier behavior and they arrange a date. Everyone presents their projects. Kimberly has done a painting of herself and her friends. Bulk and Skull reveal they commissioned Violet to do the statue for them, only to find out she has done a statue of Billy garbed as a Gold Ranger. She explains she chose someone who showed the qualities of a Power Ranger. Bulk and Skull scoff at the idea of Billy being a Power Ranger, to the amusement of his friends.

Cast[]

Availability[]

  • Power Rangers Power Playback: Classic Ranger Edition - Blue Ranger Adventure (2000) VHS
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Complete Series (2012) DVD
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Season 2, Vol. 2 (2013) DVD
  • Power Rangers Legacy: The First 20 Years (2013) DVD
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Best of Blue (2017) DVD
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Complete Series [25th Anniversary Limited Edition Steelbook] (2018) DVD
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Season 2 [Limited Edition Steelbook] (2019) DVD

Errors[]

  • When the White Tigerzord's sword strikes Vase Face, it is the Thunder Megazord's sword striking the monster.
  • Despite Billy and his clone morphing with the same Power Morpher, both Blue Rangers were shown with their own Power Morphers and Power Coins on their suits.
  • When the Rangers summon their Blade Blasters, they mistakenly call them "Power Blasters".
  • The real Billy's Blade Blaster has "Power Rangers" on it while the other Rangers' Blade Blasters say "Zyuranger".
  • When Vase Face is created, Japanese writing can be seen in the background.
  • When the clone Billy tackles the real Billy, if the viewers look closely, the stunt man's face is briefly visible.

Notes[]

  • Final appearance of the Zyuranger roll call shots. For the Thunderzords' last two appearances, they were replaced with American-made shots utilizing the same poses before being dropped entirely after the destruction of the Thunderzords.
  • The statue prop of Billy as a Gold Ranger was later used in David Yost's promo for the NOH8 campaign.
  • This episode originally aired on a theme week called "True Blue Week" that aired a week of episodes that focused on Billy.
  • The head that Skull rips off from his and Bulk's sculpture bears a slight resemblance to Squatt's head.

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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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