Day of the Dumpster (pilot)

From Power Rangers Universe

Transmission Order	1x00
Production Order	100
Original Airdate	Never Aired
Written by	Tony Oliver
Directed by	Strathford Hamilton

Contents 1 Summary 2 Guest Stars 3 Notes 4 Errors

[edit] Summary

Five teenagers, who hang out in an average bowling alley, and occasionally use their karate skills to fend off a gang of mean bullies, are summoned to save the world by an intergalactic being named Zoltar. He gives them the power to become Power Rangers, and to call upon giant dinosauric robots called Droids to combat the forces of space witch Rita Repulsa.

[edit] Guest Stars

• Audri Dubois as Trini. The character is different to the Trini Kwan that appeared in the TV show.
• David Fielding as Zoltar

[edit] Notes

• The first scene of the episode features a brief part of the song "Higher Ground" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which was removed in the aired version. Ironically, this song would end up on the soundtrack for MMPR:TM two years later.

• Footage cut for the Lost Episode that appeared in the pilot includes numerous punches and kicks to the bad guys' heads - during the bully fight at the bowling alley, the unmorphed Putty fight, and the morphed Sentai Putty fight. The Sentai head-shots didn't end up appearing in the normal aired version of "Day of the Dumpster" either. The uncut version of the teens vs. bullies fight was shown to the public at Power Morphicon 2007.

• Billy wears different glasses in this episode. They are the same glasses found in the picture on the back of the first five MMPR original VHS releases.

• Paul Schrier, who'll go on to play Bulk on the show for many years, has a small role as an unnamed bully with very wild hair.

• The only scene (aside from Sentai footage) from this pilot to make it into the final version of "Day Of The Dumpster" is the explosion in the desert when Rita fires at the teens as they walk away from the Command Center. Also, a close-up shot of the two confused Putties ends up appearing in "Foul Play In The Sky."

[edit] Errors

• Goldar is supposed to be down on Earth, however when the scene cuts to Rita's moon base he can clearly be seen behind Rita who is about to throw her wand to Earth, which makes Goldar and Flyguy grow.