Lions & Blizzards

The Rangers are all participating in the annual Oddball Games, and as is to be expected, their team is winning against junior high students Brittany and Brianna’s (and Vanessa’s). For the tiebreaker, Mr. Caplan announces a tug-of-war, which the teens also win, along with the Noble Lion Trophy. Afterwards, Max helps Vanessa out of the mud.

In the Moon Palace, Vita seizes upon the trophy as the target for her next plan: transform it into the evil Goatan.

However, the trophy disappears soon after, to everyone’s dismay. The Chandler twins have stolen it. As the teens go after them, they are attacked by Putties, but manage to defeat them. However, the Putties retrieve the Trophy, and Vita casts her spell on it.

Returning to the Juice Bar, Nicole comments on Vanessa, but Max says he’s given up on her. As he speaks, Vanessa walks in, and suggests they go to a matinee. Max leaves with her as Goatan begins to create a storm. By the time it reaches tornado watch, Telexa contacts Nicole, Drew, Carmen and Rico, summoning them to the Command Center and debriefing them. Gamma is unable to contact Max, who is focusing on trying to win over Vanessa (with limited success).

Morphing, the other Rangers face Goatan, who traps them in a cyclone. Max finally notices his communicator watch just as Vanessa starts to warm to him, and Max reluctantly leaves. His attack forces Vita to make Goatan grow, and the Rangers summon their Zords. During the fight, the monster freezes the Megazord solid, but Max suggests they spin to knock the ice off, and it works. They destroy Goatan.

As Vita struggles with another headache, Telexa congratulates the Rangers on their victory, and Max remembers Vanessa alone in the theater. He slips back inside, claiming it was a long line to get the popcorn, and Vanessa promptly upends the bucket on his head.

In the Juice Bar, a policeman drags in the mud-soaked Chandler twins, and after some teasing, the teens identify them. Discovering something (a frog) moving under his clothes, Brittany spazzes out and hits the ladder where Lacie is watering a plant, promptly getting doused with water.