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- For the Super Samurai episode with the same title, see Something Fishy (Super Samurai).
Something Fishy is the forty-third episode of the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. It is the first episode to use Zyu2 footage.
Synopsis[]
Billy must overcome his fear of fish to save his friends from Rita's new Goo Fish monster. With Jason, Zack, and Trini scuba-diving, can Billy and Kimberly hold their own against this extremely powerful threat?
Plot[]
Jason, Zack, and Trini are planning to go scuba diving. They invite Billy to come, but he declines, stating he has been uncomfortable with aquatic life since he was a child. Kimberly also refuses to go scuba diving as it would mess up her hairdo. She decided to have a picnic with Billy instead. Rita overhears Billy's fears through her telescope and decides to send down an aquatic monster in order to frighten him into submission.
While having their picnic in the park, Billy relates to Kimberly that when he was a boy, he was attempted to create a whirlpool in the lake. His finger in the water caught the eye of a nearby fish which bit his finger. Since then, Billy has been afraid of marine life. Kimberly finds the story amusing. The two hear a scream and run over to take a look.
The screaming was from Bulk and Skull. They were fishing in the lake, but all they have caught was a bunch of garbage, including a "No Fishing" sign. Kimberly and Billy walk away. Then they are ambushed by Putties. After fending them off, they are called to the Command Center.
Zordon informs them of Rita's new monster, the Goo Fish. Alpha 5 is unable to contact Jason, Zack, and Trini due to them being underwater. Kimberly and Billy then morph and head to the monster's location.
On the Moon, at Goldar's suggestion, Rita casts a spell on Billy to make his fear of fish unbearable.
Billy then cowers in fear at the sight of the monster. Only the Red, Black, and Yellow Rangers' timely arrival forces the Goo Fish to temporarily withdraw.
Back at the Command Center, Zordon informs Billy that the only way to break Rita's spell is to overcome his fear of fish.
The team then morphs and faces Goo Fish, along with a group of Putties. The monster sprays a blue substance which immobilizes the Rangers except Billy, who succeeds in overcoming his fear of fish, thereby breaking Rita's spell. He then attacks Goo Fish with his Power Lance, freeing the Rangers.
Rita makes her monster grow with her wand, prompting the Rangers to summon the Megazord. The Goo Fish then shoots his toxic spray at the Megazord, which immobilizes it and he blasts it to the ground. Zack suggests converting the goo to energy. His idea works. The Megazord then destroys the monster with its Power Sword.
At the Youth Center, Billy and Ernie return from a fishing trip. Jason repeats his scuba invitation to Billy, who happily accepts. Ernie offers to cook up what he and Billy caught. Bulk and Skull then enter, claiming they caught something really big. In reality, it's just a large can of tuna. Bulk then takes a look inside Billy's bag, which contains a a live lobster, who pinches Bulk's nose.
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)
- Billy Nilles as Young Billy (uncredited)[1]
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- Richard Genelle as Ernie
- David Fielding as Zordon (face)
- Robert L. Manahan as Zordon (voice)
- Romy J. Sharf as Alpha 5
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Alpha 5 (voice) (as Richard Wood)
- Machiko Soga as Rita Repulsa
- Barbara Goodson as Rita Repulsa (voice)
- Takashi Sakamoto as Goldar
- Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice) (as Ryan O'Flannigan)
- Takako Iiboshi as Finster
- Robert Axelrod as Finster (voice) and Goo Fish (voice)
- Minoru Watanabe as Squatt
- Michael J. Sorich as Squatt (voice)
- Hideaki Kusaka as Baboo
- Dave Mallow as Baboo (voice) (as Colin Phillips)
Errors[]
- During Billy's flashback, the fish that bites him is much larger, and has turned from brown to green, compared to when it was first shown.
- Just before Bulk reels in the No Fishing sign, the viewers can see the sign dangling from the fishing wire before it is pulled out on the bottom left corner.
- When the Rangers were watching Goo Fish attack Angel Grove on the Viewing Globe, it instead showed the monster being hit with his own venom, which was footage from later in the episode.
- During Kimberly and Billy's Putty fight, it cuts from Kimberly kicking a Putty down alone to her and Billy kicking down the final Putty.
- Kimberly said that she and Billy would fight the Putties while the other three would fight the monster, however all five went after the Putties first.
- The Rangers were holding their weapons just before Goo Fish grew, but were then holding the Blade Blasters when summoning the Zords.
- The Megazord's finisher shows it slashing vertically from top to bottom, but the shot on the monster is done as if it were from the bottom up.
- Jason, Trini, and Zack morph in their scuba gear, but arrive at the Command Center in their regular clothes.
- The live lobster that pinched Bulk’s nose was red, even though lobsters can only be red when they are cooked.
- The Pterodactyl Dinozord leaves its volcano when the other Zords are summoned, but is shown leaving it again after Kimberly finishes the Zord roll call.
- When the Rangers teleport to the Command Center, the teleportation is muted.
Notes[]
- The episode title is used again for the fourth episode of Super Samurai. Like with Billy, Antonio also had to get over his fear of fish.
- An instrumental version of the song Fight is heard during the Megazord's battle with the Goo Fish.
- The footage of Jason, Zack, and Trini coming out of the beach in scuba gear, only to hear their communicators beeping, would be used again in Zedd Waves.
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