Once A Ranger

Code:	15x20/21
Title:	Once A Ranger
Parts:	2
Index:	624/625
Season:	Operation Overdrive
Enemy:	Thrax
Important?:	yes
Airdate:	July 23, 2007

From Power Rangers Universe

This article is about a/an episode in the Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive TV Show.

Once a Ranger is a special team-up episode in Operation Overdrive involving Power Rangers from five different former generations (collectively known as veteran rangers) assisting the Overdrive Rangers in defeating a new threat: Thrax. The title of the episode is a blatant reference to the long-standing phrase "Once a ranger, always a ranger."

[edit] Synopsis

[edit] Part 1

Thrax—son of Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd—is freed, and he recruits all the villains who have been searching for the Jewels of the Corona Aurora—Flurious, Moltor, Kamdor, Miratrix, and the Fearcats Mig and Benglo—to unite with him temporarily. By severing their connection to the Morphing Grid forever, the temporary Evil Alliance destroys the Rangers' powers, and Andrew Hartford cannot fix their destroyed morphers. They use their enhanced skills in an attempt to defeat the villains, but fare no better, so the Sentinel Knight recruits five Rangers from the past—Kira Ford, Xander Bly, Adam Park, Bridge Carson, and Tori Hanson—to replace the Overdrive Rangers untill their connection to the Morphing Grid is restored.

[edit] Part 2

The villains in Thrax's "Evil Alliance" are angry, because Thrax did not think there would be more Rangers.

Meanwhile, Mack Hartford is searching for information on the sword Excelsior—which Thrax says is the only thing capable of eliminating the Sentinel Knight. He tries to retrieve the sword, but is confronted by Thrax, who intends on saving the legacy of his family of Evil. He is unable to claim the sword for himself, so he sends a giant monster named Vulturas into the city to destroy it. The Retro Rangers head him off in the DriveMax Ultrazord and Flash Point Megazord, but are overpowered, and DriveMax Ultrazord loses an arm in the battle.

Meanwhile, Mack convinces the Rangers that they will always be Rangers, powers or not, and they all attempt to free Excelsior from the Warrior-Goddess's hands. The statue comes to life and gives them the sword, sensing the shared friendship and combined conviction in their hearts. Then, Mack heads to the battlefield, where the Retro Rangers are about to be destroyed, and uses the sword Excelsior to destroy Vulturas. Meanwhile, Adam reactivates Alpha 6 and teleports him inside the Morphing Grid, where he fixes the severed connection, restoring the Overdrive Rangers' powers. Mack hands Sentinel Knight the Excelsior sword, which gives the Knight a Cyborg form.

Confronting the "Evil Alliance", all 11 Rangers morph and battle the villains. Adam battles Thrax. Bridge and Mack team up to defeat Flurious. Dax, Will and Xander defeat the Fear Cats. Tori and Rose battle Moltor and his Lava Lizards, and Kira and Ronny team up against Kamdor and Miratrix. Tyzonn is able to destroy the newly revived Vulturas and Flurious's Chillers. To finish the battle, the Sentinel Knight arrives in his Cyborg form and destroys Thrax, and then joins the Rangers in defeating the rest of the villains.

[edit] Retro Rangers

Color	Role	Actor
Mastodon	Adam Park (MMPR)	Johnny Yong Bosch
Water	Tori Hanson (Ninja Storm)	Sally Martin
Pterodactyl	Kira Ford (Dino Thunder)	Emma Lahana
Earth	Xander Bly (Mystic Force)	Richard Brancatisano
1	Bridge Carson (S.P.D.)	Matt Austin

[edit] Notes

It is possible that the inclusion of Alpha 6 was meant to be Alpha 5 due to the reference to Zordon and the fact that he was found on Earth. Also, Adam had known Alpha 5 for a much longer time that he had known Alpha 6.
Due to copyright complications, the Go Go Power Rangers theme song was not featured when Adam was morphing or fighting, unlike all the other songs. In its place was an unnamed soundtrack that used high-pitched instruments.
It's unclear how Xander knows anything about piloting actual Zords, as the members of Mystic Force themselves transformed into their Zords.