Introduction

Greetings, everypony. PRfan93 here with another Power Rangers review. Today, we're going to be looking at the second episode of Mighty Morphin', High Five! Watch along with me!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dyvow-pG0U

The Episode

So the episode begins with the Rangers at Ernie's Juice Bar (Big surprise there... ), where Jason is attempting a rope climb. Trini, who has a fear of heights (which doesn't seem to have been mentioned until now, seeing as she could JUMP INTO A 200-FOOT TIGER ROBOT IN THE FIRST EPISODE! ), is scared that he'll fall. Zack tells her to stop because she'll make Jason nervous. Billy, our favorite nerd, then arrives, about to tell his teammates about his new invention...but then he gets caught between Jason's legs (...wat. ) and tumbles along with him onto the mats. Then our favorite wunks (wannabe punks, FYI) Bulk and Skull come along and mock Jason for his failure. Bulk challenges that he can get all the way to the top of the rope. Jason, being a good sportsman, lets him have a go at it. Needless to say, he fails. After this whole debacle, Billy shows his latest invention: the Communicator, which allows the Rangers to both communicate with Zordon and teleport to the Command Center when needed. (Wait a minute...he's talking about this IN PUBLIC, WITH A VOLUME THAT CAN LET HIM EASILY BE HEARD. ISN'T THAT BREAKING ZORDON'S THIRD, AND MOST IMPORTANT RULE?)

Meanwhile, the Repulsa Gang cook up a plan to trap the Rangers in a time warp, like Rita did with Zordon 10,000 years before. So, Finster creates a skeleton monster with the rather unimaginative name of Bones, and sends him to trap the Rangers.

When Zordon hears about this, he analyzes the time warp while he sends the Rangers to investigate Putty Patrollers nearby. They try to hide, but the Putties end up finding them (which is surprising, seeing as Putties are often shown to be better than bare bulbs in terms of smartness). Jason suggests that they SPLIT UP, GANG so that they can spread out the attack force. Trini manages to escape the Putties following her, but poor Billy is-*le gasp!* STUCK! AND WITHOUT HIS MORPHER TO BOOT!

Trini, of course, manages to overcome her fear of heights and saves Billy. BUT WAIT, I'M NOT DONE YET! The Rangers, of course, still have to deal with Bones, who is at the amusement park with his time warp (which, in the original Japanese footage, is actually a portal to Hell) ready for the Rangers. But then, as usual, they fight Bones...which ends with Trini throwing his head into the time warp AKA H-E-DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS. FREAKING AWESOME.

My Opinion

As I was writing this review, I took the time to watch the episode again to determine its final score. While its plot holes (ex. Trini's fear of heights, Rita's plan not relating to the abformentioned fear) put me off, the episode's moral lesson of "don't let fear hold you back" and its more awesome moments (TRINI CASTS A SKELETON'S HEAD INTO HELL) helped the episode redeem itself.

Final Score

5.5/10