 This article is about an episode in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
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A Pressing Engagement is the fourth episode of the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. It originally aired as the fifth episode on September 9th, 1993, due to the fact that the sixth episode, "Food Fight", had aired second.
Synopsis[]
Jason tries to break a fitness record, but Goldar has a plan to separate Jason from the others. Rita sends down the powerful King Sphinx to squash Jason.
Plot[]
At the Juice Bar, Jason is trying to break Bulk's bench-pressing record, but is unable to do so, because while he is doing this, Kimberly blows a huge bubble the size of her head when Zack comes by on a skate board and pops her bubble, making his spotter Ernie lose track of count. Jason doubts his ability to succeed, and fears he will become known as a quitter. The other Ranger teens try to comfort him but have mixed success.
At the Moon Palace, Rita believes that Jason is not tough without his friends to help him. She decides to isolate Jason from the others and destroy him, and has Finster create the King Sphinx to separate the other Rangers from him by using his powerful wings to blow them away.
Rita's plan succeeds as King Sphinx and a group of Putties attack the Earth. Jason, Kimberly, and Zack rush to face him, but King Sphinx blows the Black and Pink Rangers back to the Juice Bar. He then battles Jason, and the two are quite evenly matched until King Sphinx teleports them to a desert like area. Goldar joins the fray, helping King Sphinx fight Jason.
At the Command Center, Zordon summons the rest of the Rangers and alerts them to Jason's struggle. Somehow, the desert can't be reached, and the only way to help Jason is to send him their Power Crystals, which would allow the Rangers to teleport to the area.
In the desert, Rita has made King Sphinx and Goldar grow. Zordon sends the Power Crystals, which Jason uses to summon the other Rangers. They summon their Dinozords, and fight both Goldar and King Sphinx in the Megazord. Eventually they gain the upper-hand when they summon the Power Sword, destroying King Sphinx. Goldar retreats, and on the Moon, Rita is furious.
Back at Ernie's juice bar, Jason is able to break Bulk's bench-pressing record. Bulk himself arrives with Skull, claiming he will reclaim his record. Ernie brings out a cake for all to enjoy, which Bulk promptly ends up having his face smashed into when he trips on a weight, ending the episode on a high note.
Cast[]
- Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott (Mighty Morphin Red Ranger)
- Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan (Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger)
- Walter Jones as Zack Taylor (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)
- Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart (Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger)
- David Yost as Billy Cranston (Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
- David Fielding as Zordon
- Romy J. Sharf as Alpha 5
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Alpha 5 (voice)
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- Richard Genelle as Ernie
- Machiko Soga as Rita Repulsa
- Barbara Goodson as Rita Repulsa (voice)
- Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice)
- Robert Axelrod as Finster (voice)
- Michael J. Sorich as Squatt (voice)
- Dave Mallow as Baboo (voice)
- Richard Cansino as King Sphinx (voice)
Errors[]
- The giant bubble Kimberly is blowing from her bubble gum is clearly a balloon.
- Kimberly was wearing shoes when she morphed, but was barefoot upon being sent back to the Youth Center by King Sphinx.
- Jason knows what the Power Crystals are despite not having been told by Zordon or Alpha.
- After taking damage during the battle between King Sphinx, Goldar and the Megazord, an overhead shot of the Rangers in the Megazord cockpit shows the Dragonzord/Dragon Caesar symbol on the control panel in front of Jason.
- When Goldar teleports away after King Sphinx is destroyed, a tree disappears along with him.
- During the stage fight scene, King Sphinx's Quiz chair from the corresponding Zyuranger episode can be briefly seen.
- It's unknown why Zordon didn't contact Trini and Billy when King Sphinx first attacked.
Notes[]
- This episode contains the first reference to the Morphing Grid.
- The Megazord battle with King Sphinx and Goldar had been used in "Day of the Dumpster", with all shots containing King Sphinx edited out.
- The overhead shot of the Megazord cockpit shows a Green Power Crystal, an icon of the Green Ranger and the Dragonzord at the terminals. This is because the original footage from Zyuranger depicted a shot of the Gouryuijin/Dragonzord in Battle Mode's cockpit instead of Daizyuzin/Megazord's cockpit.
- This is the first episode in which one or more Rangers were forced to demorph during a battle.
- In the closeup of Zack's Power Crystal, Walter Jones' lack of a middle left finger is noticeable.
- The Red Ranger's solo battle against King Sphinx was filmed on the performing stage of the Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park. The location would be reused again in other later seasons like Operation Ovedrive and Super Megaforce.[1]
See Also[]
- Ep. 5: Scary Riddles - Super Sentai counterpart in Zyuranger. See comparison page. (fight footage)
- Ep. 6: Arise! Daizyuzin - Super Sentai counterpart in Zyuranger. See comparison page. (fight footage)