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Opposites Attract is the twentieth episode of the second season and eightieth episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Synopsis[]
When Billy gathers important scientific data, it shows a severe storm is brewing. Meanwhile, Kimberly and her friend Laura lead a young troop of Angelettes (the equivalent of girl scouts) are unaware of impending danger as Lord Zedd creates his special Magnet Brain to depolarize the atmosphere and make the Earth disintegrate. Can the Power Rangers defuse the malicious magnetism of Zedd's pulverizing paralyzer?!
Plot[]
Billy and Trini are at the Juice Bar. and she spots Billy's latest device, a polarizing gauge, on the table. Scientists have predicted a rare solar storm for today. and Billy hopes to get some data with his new gauge. Kimberly and Laura walk in; she introduces Laura to them, and Billy and Laura are quite taken with each other. Trini is amused as she watches them gaze at each other. Kimberly tells Billy and Trini that they are taking a troop of Angelettes on a field trip to learn how to use a compass. Kimberly leaves to check with Ernie on their equipment while Laura stays a little longer saying goodbye. After Laura leaves Trini brings up what a nice and pretty girl Laura is. Billy agrees and Trini suggests he talk to her. Billy doesn't think an outdoors type like Laura would be interested in a guy like him then reminds Trini that he plans on gathering data from the storm.
Lord Zedd has been watching Billy and is happy about the magnetic storm that is coming, it happens only once every 100 years. Zedd plans to use Billy's gauge to create a monster, Magnet Brain, to destroy the Rangers.
As Kimberly and Laura check over the equipment, their troop walks in followed by Bulk & Skull, with their latest invention in finding the identities of the Power Rangers. Trini is amused while Billy tries to caution them about the magnetic storm, but Bulk & Skull pay no attention and leave followed by Kimberly and Laura leave as well. Laura is a bit worried about the storm, but Kimberly is confident they will be fine because they have a compass.
In Zedd's palace, he and Goldar watch the teens, eager to put their plan in motion. Back at the Juice Bar, Tommy, Jason, and Zack are working out; Tommy is a little worried about Kimberly being in the woods, but Jason and Zack reassured Tommy that Kimberly knows the woods well. In Billy's garage, Billy goes over his data as he prepares for the magnetic storm. In the woods, Kimberly and Laura gives instructions to their troop and tell them to use the buddy system. Elsewhere, Bulk & Skull have set up their device and wait eagerly to find a Power Ranger. Billy goes to the park to set up his gauge for the storm. In his palace, Zedd has been watching Billy and instructs Goldar that now is the time to get the gauge from Billy. Goldar and several Putties land in the park; Billy battles them while Goldar takes the gauge and Billy is too late to stop him. Billy defeats the Putties. and goes to the Command Center.
Lord Zedd becomes impatient, checks on Goldar and sees he has the gauge. Lord Zedd tells Goldar to put down the gauge and turns it into the Magnet Brain monster. Lord Zedd instructs Magnet Brain to cause chaos and Angel Grove is turned upside down as the ground tilts and everything goes haywire. In the Juice Bar, people are sliding everywhere, and Jason, Tommy, and Zack formed a chain and get to the counter. In the woods, the Angelettes are having problems and Kimberly and Laura try to keep the girl's calm. Laura asks her if she thinks this is the storm Billy was talking about, but Kimberly thinks it's more than just a storm. Elsewhere, Bulk & Skull are ecstatic, as they believe they have found the Power Rangers. Instead, they found a bear, but are stuck to each other, due to Magnet Brain and take off running. In Zedd's palace, he's very pleased at the chaos he sees below.
In the woods, Kimberly tells her troop she is going to look for a forest ranger and Laura stays with the girls who has them sing to help calm down. Kimberly contacts Zordon about the storm and he instructs Kimberly to come to the Command Center, the rest are already there. On the viewing globe, Zordon shows them Magnet Brain, and the havoc he is causing. Goldar and several Putties have entered the woods, where Laura and the troop are. Tommy tells Zordon he will take on Goldar, but Billy insists that he fight instead. Zordon tells Billy that Tommy can battle Goldar with Saba and that the Rangers need Billy's intellect and strength to battle Magnet Brain. The teens morph into action and Pink, Yellow, Blue, Red, and Black face Magnet Brain, who uses his device to scatter the Rangers then has several Putties battle them.
In the woods, White battles Goldar and several Putties. After destroying the Putties, he battles Goldar; Laura and the Angelettes are thrilled to see White Ranger in action. Eventually, Goldar retreats. In Angel Grove, the Rangers knock Magnet Brain down; Zedd is infuriated and makes the monster grow. The Rangers formed their Megazord and destroy Magnet Brain. Zedd is upset but is not about to give up on destroying the Power Rangers.
The teens return to the Juice Bar; Kimberly and Laura give bravery badges to their troop. The troop is still thrilled about seeing the White Ranger. Bulk & Skull stumbled in, telling everyone a bear is following them. The Angelettes lead Bulk & Skull to some chairs, telling them they were just imagining things. The Angelettes tend to a bewildered Bulk and Skull. Billy walks in with his gauge; Laura sees him and tells Billy how she would like to know about his polarizing gauge. Billy is more than happy to talk to Laura about his experiments.
Cast[]
- Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (Mighty Morphin White Ranger)
- Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott (Mighty Morphin Red Ranger)
- Paul F. Rosenthal as Jason Lee Scott (Morphed Dialogue)
- Walter Jones as Zack Taylor (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)
- David Yost as Billy Cranston (Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
- Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan (Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger)
- Judy as Trini Kwan (Morphed Dialogue)
- Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart (Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger)
- Joel Rogers as Curtis Taylor and Zack Taylor (Morphed Dialogue)
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- Richard Genelle as Ernie
- Maurice Mendoza as Richie
- 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)
- Ed Neil as Lord Zedd
- Robert Axelrod as Lord Zedd (voice)
- Danny Wayne Stallcup as Goldar
- Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice) (as Ryan O'Flannigan)
- Michael J. Sorich as Squatt (voice) and Magnet Brain (voice)
- Dave Mallow as Baboo (voice) (as Colin Phillips)
- Tony Oliver as Saba (voice)
- ??? as Laura
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Errors[]
- Billy describes the upcoming storm as a "solar storm." Said storm is a thunderstorm, as solar storms only occur on and very close to the sun.
- When Zedd told Goldar to go and get the Polarizer, he turned his head, but a close-up had him turn his head for a second time.
- When Zedd looked down at Earth, there was nothing behind him but a following close-up of Goldar showed him by the throne, which he was not by a split second before.
- Baboo's shoulder can be seen in the close-up when he does not appear in the wide shots either.
- Goldar is on his backside during a fight, but the camera suddenly cuts to him standing up and then to him back on his backside.
- When Billy kicked a Putty clean across two picnic tables, there were no Putties behind it but a close-up of it landing showed three.
- Billy split kicks two Putties and clearly hits nowhere near them but they went down anyway.
- Goldar left the Polarizer on a barren pathway in the park, but Magnet Brain was created in a lush area with vegetation that was not there before.
- Magnet Brain was created in the park but was in a factory when he threw his staff into the atmosphere.
- Zordon mispronounces Saba's name as Shaba.
- In some shots of Tommy gliding in the air exposed wires can be seen.
Notes[]
- This episode aired the same day as VR Troopers episode 24, The Disappearance.
- This was the last episode to feature original footage of Trini.
- This was the last time that Jason leads the original team in the morphing call.
- The Tigerzord does not appear in this episode as the corresponding Dairanger episode takes place before the appearance of the Tigerzord's counterpart.
- The White Ranger also doesn't appear in Dairanger footage due to the aforementioned Dairanger episode taking place before KibaRanger and Won Tiger.
- This was the last time that all of the first five Rangers appeared unmorphed in original footage.
- This episode also marks the final unmorphed appearance of Zack until Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always.
- Although Tommy had already been declared leader of the Power Rangers, Jason did the morph call.
- This was the last episode to play the White Ranger version of Go Green Ranger Go.
- Squatt and Baboo appeared in the background of the moon palace but do not have any lines in this episode.
- This episode marks the final appearancea of both Richie and Curtis.
See Also[]
- Ep. 11: Magnet Gauss! - Super Sentai counterpart in Dairanger. See comparison page. (Magnet Brain footage & Megazord fight footage)
- Ep. 21: The Birth of a Mythical Ch'i Beast - Super Sentai counterpart in Dairanger. See comparison page. (White Ranger Footage)
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