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Mighty Morphin' Mutants is the fifty-ninth and penultimate episode of the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Synopsis[]
Goldar trains some select Putties to fight like the Power Rangers and gives them Badges of Darkness to look like and have the same powers as well. However, none are good enough to be the Red Ranger so the Commander Crayfish monster becomes the leader. How can the Rangers possibly defeat enemies against which they are perfectly matched?
Plot[]
Tommy is late to Miss Appleby's class. There, an assignment is given - ask a friend to point out your flaw and try to fix it.
On the Moon, Rita Repulsa decides to use the Badges of Darkness to create her own evil Rangers from Putties.
Tommy is sparring with Jason at the Youth Center. Afterwards, Tommy explains the homework. He forgot his water and a towel, so he asks Jason for a sip of his water and if he has an extra towel. Jason tells Tommy that his flaw is forgetfulness. Trini and Kimberly confirm Jason's assessment to Tommy. Bulk and Skull don't believe they have faults, but the girls and Tommy say that they are bullies.
Goldar is training six Putties, but one of them is too clumsy and is sent back to Finster's lab. The remaining set are given the Badges of Darkness, but none of them is worthy enough to become the Red Mutant Ranger. The Pink and Green Mutant Rangers are sent to attack Tommy and Kimberly in the park. Both are bested by their evil counterparts. Zordon informs his team of the new menace.
Billy and the gang help Tommy with his assignment. It doesn't seem to work very well as Billy's planner device malfunctions and Tommy seems even more forgetful. The appearance of Commander Crayfish, who serves as the leader of the Mutant Rangers, causes Zordon to send the five core Rangers into action. Unfortunately, they are forced to leave without Tommy who left his communicator in his locker.
The two teams meet on the beach. Each Ranger fights their evil version. Tommy is finally contacted and he too joins the fight. The Rangers regroup to fight back against the Mutant Rangers. However, Commander Crayfish and the evil clones combine their weapons into a Power Blaster and fire at the Rangers, forcing them to retreat.
At the Command Center, Zordon and Alpha give the six upgraded versions of their Power Weapons, which look identical to the originals but are promised to be stronger. The Rangers go back into battle and fight the mutants. This time, the two sides are more evenly matched.
The Power Rangers' Power Blaster succeeds in destroying the Female Mutants and knocking Crayfish and the Male ones off their feet. However, Rita makes Crayfish and the Male Mutant Rangers grow. The Megazord fights Commander Crayfish, while Dragonzord fights the Male Mutants. Then Crayfish is hoisted up by the Male Mutant Rangers so he's out of the range of both the Megazord and Dragonzord. Titanus is called for and the Ultrazord destroys Crayfish and the Male Mutant Rangers.
Tommy feels like he didn't complete his homework, but Billy says that a fault can also be what makes someone unique. Bulk and Skull come to school dressed in suits and are acting mature. They give Miss Appleby a present, but she insists that they open it for her. It sprays them in Silly String.
Cast[]
- Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott (Mighty Morphin Red Ranger)
- Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan (Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger)/Yellow Mutant Ranger (voice)
- Walter Jones as Zack Taylor (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)/Black Mutant Ranger (voice)
- Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart (Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger)/Pink Mutant Ranger (voice)
- David Yost as Billy Cranston (Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)/Blue Mutant Ranger (voice)
- Jason Frank as Tommy Oliver (Mighty Morphin Green Ranger)/Green Mutant Ranger (voice)
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- Royce Herron as Ms. Appleby
- 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 (Zyuranger Footage)
- Danny Wayne Stallcup as Goldar (American Footage)
- Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice) (as Ryan O'Flannigan)
- Takako Iiboshi as Finster
- Robert Axelrod as Finster (voice)
- Minoru Watanabe as Squatt
- Michael J. Sorich as Squatt (voice)
- Hideaki Kusaka as Baboo
- Dave Mallow as Baboo (voice) (as Colin Phillips)
- Tom Wyner as Commander Crayfish (voice)
Songs[]
- 5-4-1
- Go Green Ranger Go
- Fight
- We Need A Hero (instrumental)
- I Will Win (instrumental)
Errors[]
- The title of this episode includes an apostrophe following the word Morphin, while the show's title omits this.
- As Kimberly and Tommy prepare to fight their Mutant Ranger counterparts at the park, the Pink Mutant Ranger has two studio workers, and a spotlight reflecting off her visor.
- The Power Axe is missing its Blaster Mode handle and trigger in the Zyu2 footage.
- When the Green Ranger and his mutant counterpart are fighting, the Sword of Darkness bends up to ninety degrees.
- After Commander Crayfish and the grown Mutant Rangers are destroyed, Rita declares "No more seafood!" yet her final monster in the season is a seafood monster.
Notes[]
- This is the second time the Power Rangers fight a team of evil Rangers copying them, after The Twin Man's team of Evil Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers in "A Bad Reflection on You".
- According to scans of the original written script, there was going to be a shot of Tommy reacting in shock to the Green Mutant Ranger after Commander Crayfish summoned him during the quarry fight.
- The Mutant Rangers' weapons are the untransformed versions of the Legendary Weapons from Zyuranger.
- Mutant Green's sword is the Green Ranger's Sword of Darkness from the Green With Evil saga.
- This is the last time Rita makes a monster grow with her wand.
- This is the final appearance of the original Ultrazord combination. Titanus will be absent until Season 3's Stop the Hate Master with Tor the Shuttlezord taking his place for the Thunderzords.
- Finster does not have any lines in this episode.
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