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Rocky Just Wants to Have Fun is the thirty-second episode of the second season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Synopsis[]
A new Pachinko game is delivered to the Youth Center and Rocky really gets into it. However, Lord Zedd has a game of his own to play when he casts a spell over Rocky, causing him to only want to have fun whilst he also creates the powerful Pachinko Head monster. Pachinko Head can turn the Rangers into helpless giant pachinko balls and leaves the Earth open to an attack by Serpentera!
Plot[]
At the Angel Grove Youth Center, Ernie has just received a new Pachinko machine, one that Rocky instantly finds fun to play. Watching from up in the Moon Palace, Lord Zedd gets the idea to let Rocky's fun last forever by making it the only thing on his mind and casts a spell on him. Soon, Rocky's love for the machine turns to an obsession, causing him to ignore both Billy and Kayla, a karate student he had promised to practice with. Skull tries to show Bulk his new theory on how to find the Power Rangers' true identities. He points out how every time there's a monster attack in Angel Grove, Ernie takes the day off, so he thinks that Ernie himself is a Power Ranger. Bulk accepts the theory.
Billy runs out to the park to meet with the other Rangers as they play Frisbee and informs them of Rocky's odd behavior. Putties suddenly appear and interrupt their meeting for a fight and Zordon calls Rocky to request his aid in the battle. Rocky initially refuses since "that's no fun" but decides to go to the park anyway so he can play on the playground. High above the Earth in Serpentera, Lord Zedd watches the Putties fall and decides to make a new monster out of the Pachinko machine, creating Pachinko Head. The Rangers morph to do battle with the monster but Rocky proves to be of no help. Regardless, the other Rangers try to fight without Rocky until Pachinko Head turns them all into Pachinko balls. Only Tommy is able to avoid getting transformed and he lures Pachinko Head away by making him chase the Frisbee from earlier.
Tommy scoops up the Pachinko balls and teleports to the Command Center, where Alpha promises to restore the Rangers to normal. Zordon then reports that Pachinko Head is on a rampage through the city, one made worse when Lord Zedd throws down a grenade to make his monster grow. Tommy summons the White Tigerzord to fight Pachinko Head but is quickly overpowered and forced to retreat. Alpha manages to break Pachinko Head's spell on Rocky, which also breaks Zedd's spell in the process. Rocky admits his fault in the situation and teleports out to summon the Red Dragon Thunderzord. In its Warrior mode, Rocky's Thunderzord is able to hold his own against Pachinko Head while Alpha restores the remaining Rangers after which they all form the Thunder Megazord and destroy the monster for good.
Serpentera arrives just as Pachinko Head is destroyed and blasts the Thunder Megazord, dismantling it back into the Red Dragon Thunderzord. Serpentera then attempts to crush the lone Zord, which is saved by the arrival of Tor the Shuttlezord at the last second. The Red Dragon takes shelter inside Tor, which Serpentera then attempts to crush. After several seconds of trying in vain to break through Tor's shell, Serpentera runs out of power. Lord Zedd is forced to retreat back to the moon though he swears that his war with the Rangers is not over.
At the Youth Center, Ernie points out that he never left during the entire monster attack, shooting down Skull's theory and earning him an ear-pull from Bulk. Nearby, Rocky apologizes for his actions to his friends, having realized that there's a time for work and a time for play. Luckily, Kayla is still waiting for him and Rocky goes off to practice with her as he promised, declining to play Pachinko when Ernie asks if he wants to play.
Cast[]
- Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (Mighty Morphin White Ranger)
- Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos (Mighty Morphin Red Ranger)
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)
- David Yost as Billy Cranston (Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
- Karan Ashley as Aisha Campbell (Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger)
- Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart (Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger)
- 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)
- Sandi Sellner as Alpha 5
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Alpha 5 (voice)
- Edwin Neal as Lord Zedd
- Robert Axelrod as Lord Zedd (voice)
- Danny Wayne Stallcup as Goldar
- Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice)
- Michael J. Sorich as Pachinko Head (voice)
- Tony Oliver as Saba (voice)
- ??? as Kayla
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Errors[]
- When Rocky goes to play the pachinko machine for the first time, the lights light up but are out in the next shot. This happens frequently in the early parts of the episode.
- Serpentera is silhouetted against the Moon meaning that it is flying above the atmosphere but is then going along it in the follow-up.
- When Billy gets fed up with Rocky's procrastination, he puts his hand on Rocky's shoulder but then has it off Rocky's shoulder in the next shot.
- When Bulk says "ah, that's it" after Ernie's pachinko machine is taken, his mouth does not move.
- When the Rangers face off against Pachinko Head, only Tommy and Adam are looking at Rocky running up and down the field, but the close-up that follows shows the entire team except for Billy watches him.
- Rocky has the frisbee after Pachinko Head comments on how much fun he is having but loses it when he claps for Pachinko Head.
- Rocky's suit actor misses a clap.
- Zordon needs a diagnostic scan to realize that Zedd enchanted Rocky which should be very obvious.
- Zordon points out that Zedd's "spell of irresponsibility" makes people obsessively seek out fun as if this was not both self-evident or already obvious.
- In obviously reused footage from Gosei Sentai Dairanger, Tommy and Pachinko Head battle near Japan's Tokyo Dome with the name on the building clearly visible in the background.
- Tommy front-flips at the start of the amusement park scene past a building with nothing in the background. In the next shot there are suddenly large buildings behind him.
- The White Heavenly Treasure Lai-Lai Jewel is clearly visible in the shot of Tommy jumping into the White Tigerzord.
- Due to being stock footage, he is now in the countryside.
- When Pachinko Head blasts the White Tigerzord and takes it out, AC appears twice due to reusing the same shot from "White Light, Part II".
- Tommy is ejected from the White Tigerzord into the countryside instead of the city.
- After being restored, Rocky is looking straight at Zordon, but the next shot where he feels regret about his actions has him looking at Alpha.
- The Red Dragon Thunderzord roars at night but transforms in daylight.
- After being drop kicked by the newly transformed Red Dragon Thunderzord, Pachinko Head goes flying backwards but is flying face first in the follow-up shot.
- Two of the Red Dragon Thunderzord's staff swing kicks clearly miss Pachinko Head.
- Alpha uses the diagnostic scanner instead of the cylindrical device from earlier to restore the other Rangers.
- Despite Pachinko Head being destroyed, when Zedd arrives in Serpentera, he can be seen in the far distance fighting the Thunder Megazord.
Notes[]
- This episode aired the same day as VR Troopers episode 33, Defending Dark Heart, Part Three.
- The episode title is a reference to the Cyndi Lauper song "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun."
- This episode is Steve Cardenas's least favorite episode.
- Ernie introduces his new Pachinko Machine, but this is the only appearance ever of it.
- This episode uses footage from Serpentera's first appearance in Dairanger.
- The trailer for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie aired immediately before this episode's original airing.
See Also[]
- Ep. 37: You Have to See It!! Enormous One - Super Sentai counterpart in Dairanger. See comparison page. (Pachinko fight footage)
- Ep. 38: Huh!! A Ceasefire!? - Super Sentai counterpart in Dairanger. See comparison page. (Zord battle against Serpentera)
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