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Doomsday

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Doomsday is the two-part season finale and the sixty-ninth & seventieth episodes of Power Rangers Mighty Morphin.

It is the episode noted for introducing the concept of Zords piloted by antagonists to American audiences, a trait that would continue in most subsequent seasons of Power Rangers.

Synopsis[]

While the city of Angel Grove celebrates the Power Rangers, Rita Repulsa makes her boldest move yet when she transports the entire population to a dimensional vortex.  Enlisting the malevolent Lokar and the evil war Zord Cyclopsus, Rita overpowers the Rangers and seemingly destroys their Zords!

Plot[]

Part One[]

The Mayor of Angel Grove declares the first ever "Power Ranger Day", and the city marks the occasion with a large gathering in the park with everyone hoping the Rangers themselves turn up to the event. Upon hearing about it, the teens agree that the Power Rangers should make an appearance.

Rita Repulsa, meanwhile, hatched her biggest scheme yet: she will bring her Lunar Palace to Earth, greatly increasing her power, and call on the long-dormant war Zord Cyclopsus to defeat the Power Rangers once and for all. 

In Angel Grove Park, a large crowd turns out for a special appearance by the Power Rangers. The Rangers arrive unmorphed to show their faces to people and check out the crowds, surprised at how many people have turned out to celebrate. Kimberly is a bit worried when she doesn't spot Tommy but assures herself and the others he'll turn up. Bulk and Skull show up as the "Incredible Bulkster" and "Super Skull" in an attempt to steal the spotlight. As Rita lands her palace in the heart of downtown Angel Grove, everyone in the city (apart from the Rangers) is transported to Rita's dark dimension. 

After being briefed by Zordon on the extremely dangerous situation, the Rangers morph and teleport to downtown Angel Grove and summon Megazord to fight Cyclopsus. The Megazord proves unable to match up, so they summon Dragonzord to boost their power. Despite attacking in every battle mode available to them, the Rangers are unable to finish off Cyclopsus. Zordon finally calls on Titanus and the Rangers form Ultrazord, which succeeds in destroying much of Cyclopsus, but its head remains intact. Rita, furious over Cyclopsus' defeat, creates a sinkhole directly under Titanus, sucking it in. The Rangers attempt to rescue the Carrierzord with the Mega Dragonzord, but Rita blasts it back and Titanus is sucked inside completely before a massive explosion engulfs the Zord, presumably destroying it forever. As the Rangers fret over losing Titanus, Rita then decides to summon Lokar back to Earth, and upon arriving he instantly restores Cyclopsus, forcing the Rangers to retreat.

Back in the Command Center, the Rangers realize their options are bleak with Lokar back and their Zords still recharging from the hard battle. Regardless, they know they need to move soon if there's any hope of rescuing the citizens of Angel Grove from Rita's dark dimension.

Part Two[]

Rita's assault continues while the Power Rangers are forced to bide time as the Zords recharge. Jason decides to take the Zords back into battle, even at half power, over Zordon's and Billy's objections.

The group returns to the city with Megazord to face Cyclopsus again, but in its weakened state, it is overwhelmed even more quickly than in the previous battle, losing an arm in the process. Jason summons Dragonzord as backup, but it too is low on power, and Cyclopsus defeats it in one hit by severing its tail. Lokar then blasts both Zords with his own energy, taking the Megazord out of the fight completely. With both Megazord and Dragonzord down, Rita takes direct aim at them with her staff, overloading their systems. The Rangers are forced to evacuate as the Zords disappear piece by piece.

Despite fearing the worst, the disappearance of their Zords was actually a security override designed to return them to their hiding places in the event they were ever close to being destroyed.

The Rangers are involuntarily demorphed and land in a still deserted Angel Grove Park, where they are unable to use their communicators to contact the Command Center. They went to Billy's lab, where he works feverishly to retune the communicators. Before he can finish, Goldar arrives with a group of Putties, intent on destroying the Rangers while they're at their weakest. 

At the same time, Alpha takes the opportunity to hack into Rita's databanks while her palace is still on Earth. While doing so, he uncovers not only Cyclopsus' weakness but also that of Rita.

Billy completes his work and the group teleports to the Command Center just before Goldar could attack. Zordon then reveals Alpha's critical findings to the Rangers: Cyclopsus must adjust its systems to compensate each time the Zords change configurations. Zordon believes if the Rangers change modes frequently enough, Cyclopsus will become overwhelmed and vulnerable.

Zordon pulls Titanus from the sinkhole and with the Zords fully re-energized, the Rangers morph and teleport to the city, call for their Dinozords, and attack individually. They then form the Megazord and Dragonzord in Battle Mode in rapid succession. Cyclopsus is still dominating, but the Dragonzord manages to sever its bladed hands. After taking another energy blast from Lokar, the Rangers summon Titanus and once again form the Ultrazord. Zordon's hypothesis is proven correct, and Cyclopsis was unable to adjust to the frequent changes and locks up. Goldar is forced to bail out of the cockpit just before Ultrazord obliterates Cyclopsus for good. Lokar escapes before the Rangers can turn their attention to him.

In the Lunar Palace, Rita is crying that she was defeated again. Seeing the Rangers, she prepares to attack with her wand but fails, realizing she can't use magic anymore and surprising her minions! Zordon soon speaks in the guise of the Dino Megazord stating that Rita has lost her powers, stating that when she came to Earth, she became weaker so she lost them. Rita is shocked as Zordon declares they will leave Earth forever as it creates a magic urn, which unseals and sucks Rita Repulsa and all her minions within before the jar flies off into space. The Rangers leave the palace as Zordon declares that the jar will wander through space for all eternity and the palace finally vanishes. In space, the jar containing Rita and her minions continue to drift as the states that she hasn't given up and she will regain her powers and return to Earth.

Back in the park, the people of Angel Grove are returned from their other-dimensional prison with no knowledge of having been transported there in the first place. The Rangers arrive to much fanfare. While a group of children argue over which Ranger is the best, Tommy Oliver clues them into a secret: "They're all totally awesome."

In the wake of their toughest battle, Zordon thanks the Rangers for their dedication and offers them the chance to give up the power and return to their everyday lives or choose to remain Power Rangers. All five choose to remain Rangers if the Earth is in danger again and Zordon is pleased with the Rangers' decision.

Cast[]

Errors[]

  • When Rita first summons Cyclopsus, her wand is shown firing a blast that shoots to Earth from outer space. This was after her palace already landed in Angel Grove.
  • At the beginning of Part II, Alpha said the Zords would need twelve hours to completely recharge from the first fight with Cyclopsus. After the Zords' emergency evacuation during the second battle, they are said to be fully recharged and repaired just a short time later despite being even more heavily damaged.
  • The Triceratops growled like the Tyrannosaurus before its tail retracted for the Megazord Tank Mode assembly in Part I.
  • In Part II, when Billy tells the others that the communicators are fixed, his communicator goes from being in his left palm to attached to his right wrist between shots.
  • While Zordon is explaining how to counter Lokar and Cyclopsus, the upper parts of three people looking up at it can be seen, even though the entire population of Angel Grove was trapped in a vortex.
  • It is never truly explained in Part II how Zordon pulled Titanus out of Rita's sinkhole.

Notes[]

  • This marked the first time Titanus attacked a monster outside of the Ultrazord mode.
  • This was the final time Jason used the Dragon Dagger and the Dragonzord. He would later return the Green Ranger powers to Tommy.
  • This was the final appearance of Lokar.
  • Jason David Frank makes an uncredited cameo appearance as Tommy in Part II.
    • This episode marks Tommy's only appearance between his stints as the Green Ranger.
  • This is the final appearance of Trini's cousin Sylvia, who previously appeared in No Clowning Around. She appears in a cameo just seconds before Tommy.
    • This is also the final appearance of Dragonzord in Fighting Mode.
    • This is also the final appearance of the Rad Bug, which is only seen in the background of Billy's garage.
  • Part 2 aired on Walter Jones' birthday.
  • The superhero costumes Bulk and Skull wear are reused in "Crystal of Nightmares" during Bulk and Skull's nightmare, where they are second-rate Rangers themselves.

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