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| Based on | Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger by Toei Company |
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| Starring | See below |
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| No. of episodes | 40 |
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| Producer | Jonathan Tzachor |
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| Running time | 21–22 minutes |
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| Network | Fox (Fox Kids) |
| Release | February 9 – August 10, 2002 |
| Network | ABC (ABC Kids) |
| Release | September 14 – November 16, 2002 |
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Power Rangers Wild Force is a television series and the tenth season of Power Rangers. It is also the anniversary season of the Power Rangers franchise, based on the 25th Super Sentai series Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger, which itself was the 25th anniversary of Super Sentai.[1]
Power Rangers Wild Force is the last season to be produced by Saban and first by Disney, following the sale of Fox Family Worldwide (renamed ABC Family Worldwide) including Saban Entertainment (renamed BVS Entertainment) to Disney by Haim Saban and News Corporation, Fox's parent company. The first part of the series was originally broadcast from February to August 2002 on the Fox Kids television block. The show was moved in the fall 2002 to ABC's new Saturday morning block, ABC Kids (formerly Disney's One Saturday Morning).
Plot
[edit]The series follows the adventures of Cole Evans, who had been staying with a tribe in the jungle for most of his life, as he tries to find his destiny in the town of Turtle Cove. He encounters the Animarium, an island shaped like a turtle floating in the sky, which many believed to exist only in fairy tales, and is the home of the Wild Zords, and the Wild Force Power Rangers' mentor, Princess Shayla. He joins four other teens, Taylor Earhardt, Max Cooper, Alyssa Enrilé, and Danny Delgado, becoming the new leader of the Wild Force Rangers.
Throughout time, the Rangers use their powers to defeat the forces of the Orgs, monsters created from human pollution, led by one Master Org. As Cole was fond of other animals, he was shocked to discover that the Orgs were literally heartless horned monsters. As the series continues, he finds out the truth about his real parents, Richard and Elizabeth Evans, who were professors at Turtle Cove University, along with a family friend, Dr. Viktor Adler, who was secretly in love with Elizabeth. When they were sent to the jungle for research, they discover the remains of Master Org, which a jealous Adler consumes in order to exact revenge on Richard, who had proposed to Elizabeth before he could. However, the seeds drive Adler mad and he ends up killing both him and Elizabeth. For a while, their son Cole, who was only two years old at the time, was presumed dead as well.
In an attempt to defeat the rangers, Master Org releases Zen-Aku, a wolf duke-org who was sealed away by the ancient warriors, the predecessors of the Wild Force Rangers, 3000 years ago. Zen-Aku, however, is soon to be revealed as Merrick Baliton, a member of ancient warriors who defeated the original Master Org by using the powers of a cursed wolf mask. The rangers break the curse, returning Merrick to his human form, allowing him to join the team as the Lunar Wolf Ranger. Zen-Aku is later revealed to have been freed from the curse and attempts to repossess Merrick, but is defeated.
During the annual team-up episode, a trio of powerful half-mutant, half-org monsters called Mut-Orgs travel back in time from the year 3001 to join forces with Master Org and clash with Wes Collins and Eric Myers, the Red Time Force Ranger and Quantum Ranger, prompting the Wild Force Rangers to come to their aid. Wes and Eric contact the other four Time Force rangers in the future and they travel back to aid them, along the previous season's villains Ransik and his daughter Nadira. Ransik, who has reformed, reveals that he was the one who freed the Mut-Orgs and works with the rangers, stripping the three monster mutant powers and weakening them enough for the rangers to destroy them. Ransik is also stripped of his own powers during the battle, turning him into a normal human.
Eventually, Duke Orgs Jindrax and Toxica learn of Master Org's human origins and turn on him, awakening the Org General Mandilok to overthrow him. Shortly after, during a battle with Cole, Master Org is stripped of his powers. Mandilok takes this opportunity to kill the now powerless Dr. Adler. Mandilok then proceeds to take control of the Org forces. Meanwhile, the rangers befriend an amnesiac boy named Kite who has mysterious powers. Kite is revealed to the reborn Animus, the ancestor of the Wild Zords, who was destroyed by the original Master Org 3000 years ago. Mandilok attempts to turn Animus against the rangers by showing him the destruction and pollution humans have caused over the last 3000 years, and appears to be successful as Animus takes away the Ranger's Wild Zords. However, Animus revealed he was only testing the rangers and returns to aid them and gives them back their Wild Zords.
Soon after, the original Master Org, reawakened and reborn in Dr. Adler's body after his death, returns to exact his revenge, destroying Mandilok and kidnapping Princess Shayla to use her powerful necklace to create the powerful Org Heart. Though the Rangers rescue the princess with the aid of the reformed Jindrax and Toxica, Master Org uses the Org Heart to transform into a powerful new form that can regenerate from any attack. Using his new powers, Master Org easily destroys all the rangers' Zords, stripping the rangers of their powers, and brings the Animarium crashing down to Earth. The rangers, though now powerless, refuse to give up and make a final stand against Master Org. This causes not only the Wild Zords that Master Org destroyed to be revived, but for the 77 other lost Wilds Zords to return and restore the rangers' powers. The rangers, together with all 100 Wild Zords, destroy Master Org and the Org Heart, ending the threat of the Orgs once and for all.
With the threat over, Princess Shayla allows the rangers to return to their civilian lives, taking the Wild Zords and the Animarium back up into the sky until they're needed again. Cole travels the world, using his skills to help animals everywhere, Taylor returns to the Air Force, Max and Danny travel the world on a sight-seeing tour, Merrick travels the world as well, accompanied by a now reformed Zen-Aku, and Alyssa finishes college and becomes a teacher. The series ends with Alyssa telling her story to a kindergarten class.
In addition to the annual team-up episodes, Power Rangers Wild Force also had a special episode commemorating it as the tenth incarnation, Forever Red, by having Cole team up with the nine Red Rangers before him (Jason Lee Scott, Aurico, Tommy Oliver, T.J. Johnson, Andros, Leo Corbett, Carter Grayson, Wes Collins and Eric Myers) to prevent the remaining generals of the Machine Empire from unearthing and reactivating Lord Zedd's Zord, Serpentera, which had been left buried on the moon.
The Animarium reappeared during Power Rangers Super Megaforce in "A Lion's Alliance".
Cast and characters
[edit]Wild Force Rangers
- Ricardo Medina Jr. as Cole Evans, the Red Lion Ranger.[2][3]
- Alyson Kiperman as Taylor Earhardt, the Yellow Eagle Ranger.
- Phillip Jeanmarie as Max Cooper, the Blue Shark Ranger.
- Jack Guzman as Danny Delgado, the Black Bison Ranger.
- Jessica Rey as Alyssa Enrilé, the White Tiger Ranger.
- Phillip Andrew as Merrick Baliton, the Lunar Wolf Ranger.
Supporting characters
- Ann Marie Crouch as Princess Shayla
- Charles Gideon Davis as the voice of Animus
- J.D. Hall as Willie
Villains
- Ilia Volok as Ancient/Original and Reincarnated Master Org/Dr. Viktor Adler
- Sin Wong as Toxica
- Richard Cansino as the voice of Jindrax (original)
- Danny Wayne as the voice of Jindrax (later)
- Michael Sorich as the voice of Retinax
- Ken Merckx as the voice of Nayzor
- Ezra Weisz and Barbara Goodson as the voices of Mandilok
- Dan Woren as the voice of Zen-Aku (original) & Onikage
- Lex Lang as the voice of Zen-Aku (later)
Guest stars
- Time Force Rangers
- Jason Faunt as Wesley "Wes" Collins, the Red Time Force Ranger.
- Erin Cahill as Jennifer "Jen" Scotts, the Pink Time Force Ranger.
- Kevin Kleinberg as Trip, the Green Time Force Ranger.
- Deborah Estelle Philips as Katie Walker, the Yellow Time Force Ranger.
- Michael Copon as Lucas Kendall, the Blue Time Force Ranger.
- Daniel Southworth as Eric Myers, the Quantum Ranger.
- Forever Red Rangers
- Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott, the original Red Ranger, and previously the second Gold Zeo Ranger.
- Christopher Glenn as Aurico, the Red Aquitian Ranger.
- Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver, the Zeo Ranger V Red and previously the Green Ranger, White Ranger, and the first Red Turbo Ranger.[4][5] (credited as Jason Frank)
- Selwyn Ward as T.J. Johnson, the second Red Turbo Ranger, and previously the Blue Space Ranger.
- Christopher Khayman Lee as Andros, the Red Space Ranger.
- Danny Slavin as Leo Corbett, the Red Galaxy Ranger.
- Sean Cw Johnson as Carter Grayson, the Red Lightspeed Ranger.
- Richard Steven Horvitz as the voice of Alpha 7
- Brianne Siddall as the voice of Circuit
- Vernon Wells as Ransik
- Kate Sheldon as Nadira
- Archie Kao as the voice of General Venjix
- Walter Jones as the voice of Gerrok
- Catherine Sutherland as the voice of Tezzla
- Scott Page-Pagter as the voice of Steelon
- David Walsh as the voice of Automon
- David Lodge as the voice of Takach & Kired
- Kim Strauss as the voice of Rofang
Episodes
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | ||||||
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| 419 | 1 | "Lionheart" | Koichi Sakamoto | William Winkler | February 9, 2002 | ||||||
| In the wilderness, while having been raised by the local natives, a young man named Cole Evans leaves to search for his past. In the city of Turtle Cove, four Power Rangers are battling two monsters - Plug Org and Turbine Org - but are outmatched. The orgs leave, and Alyssa comments on how they need a fifth Ranger, but their leader Taylor disagrees. Cole arrives in the city and tries to find the people in his photo - his parents. He saves animals from a shady shelter run by two devious people, later revealed to be the Duke Orgs Toxica and Jindrax. The next day, Cole is found by the other four Rangers, and is taken to a jungle where five robotic animals greet him - Lion, Tiger, Bison, Shark, and Eagle - the Power Animals. Cole makes his way to a temple, where he is greeted by the Rangers and their mentor, Princess Shayla. Cole shows them a red crystal with the lion in it. They surprise him by showing him their colored crystals. The Org from earlier returns to wreak more havoc in the city. Shayla dispatches the Rangers, and Taylor gives Cole his Growl Phone and shows him how to morph. After a brief battle, the Rangers combine their weapons into the Jungle Sword, destroying Plug Org. Jindrax and Toxica appear. Toxica grows the Turbine Org grow into a giant. The Wild Zords come to help the Rangers and destroy the org. | |||||||||||
| 420 | 2 | "Darkness Awakening" | Koichi Sakamoto | Derek Rydall | February 9, 2002 | ||||||
| Barbed Wire Org starts to attack the city with his wires and an army of putrids. Jindrax and Toxica find the old org temple inside the Nexus and find Master Org, the father of all orgs. The Rangers arrive in the city to fight the org, but Cole tries to reason with it, believing that all living things - even orgs - have hearts, and that violence isn't the answer. After he finds out orgs do not have hearts, the Rangers destroy Barbed Wire Org with the Jungle Sword, and he grows to giant size after Jindrax and Toxica make themselves known to the Rangers. The Wild Zords come down from the Animarium, and the Red Lion tells Cole they need to combine the Wild Zords and form the Wild Force Megazord to defeat the org. Afterwards, the Rangers give Cole a make-over, officially making him part of the team. | |||||||||||
| 421 | 3 | "Click, Click, Zoom" | Koichi Sakamoto | Jill Donnellan | February 16, 2002 | ||||||
| Master Org gives Toxica and Jindrax a pep talk in preparation for his next dastardly plan. Cole reads Taylor's Ranger rule book but says there should only be one rule: teamwork. Taylor angrily storms off into the city, and notices a woman telling her child about the Animarium, while at the same time, Princess Shayla tells the same story to the Rangers. Meanwhile, Camera Org surfaces and makes everyone invisible with a single click. Taylor runs into Jindrax and the two fight until Camera Org makes Taylor invisible. The other Rangers come, and take Taylor back to the Animarium. Feeling guilty for insulting Taylor about the rules, Cole breaks his own rule of teamwork to confront Camera Org, while Alyssa, Danny, and Max take on an army of Putrids. Cole tricks Camera Org and gets his film, restoring everyone's visibility. Taylor meets up with the Rangers, and Cole unleashes his new Lion Blaster to weaken the org. After a Megazord battle, Taylor makes peace with Cole, accepting him as the new leader. | |||||||||||
| 422 | 4 | "Never Give Up!" | Terry Withrow | Katherine Torpey | February 23, 2002 | ||||||
| Max reads the newspaper and suggests that he and Danny check out the haunted temple to see if it has an org. However, Danny's mind is elsewhere, as he has his eyes on Kendall, whom he has a crush on. Kendall and Danny ride off, leaving Max behind. An upset Max decides to check out the temple on his own, but gets scared and runs back when he accidentally breaks some pottery. The next day, Danny tries to apologize but is distracted by Kendall once again. It turns out Bell Org was at the temple and traps Max in one of his bells. Feeling guilty for making Max run off, and after Danny explained how Max helped him cope with his fear of heights, the other Rangers arrive to fight Bell Org, during which Danny hears Max and runs to save him. The two best friends reconcile, and the Rangers regroup to finish the org off. Later, Danny visits Kendall to tell her about his true feelings but chickens out. Luckily, Kendall finds a note Danny left for her. | |||||||||||
| 423 | 5 | "Ancient Awakening" | Terry Withrow | Suzi Shimoyama | March 2, 2002 | ||||||
| Alyssa goes on an archeological dig for school, and while snooping around a cave, she finds a glowing Wild Force emblem. Later, she, Princess Shayla, and Cole check it out. Tire Org starts terrorizing the city, and overpowers Taylor, Danny and Max, giving him time to dash over and kidnap Princess Shayla. The Rangers try to run after him on foot, but cannot keep up. The power animals send new savage cycles and the Rangers give chase (albeit, with Alyssa having to teach Cole how to ride a motorcycle), destroying Tire Org with a blast from the cycles. Toxica resurrects the org into a giant, and the Wild Force Megazord is formed, but Master Org kidnaps Princess Shayla while the Rangers are busy and tries to force her to open the seal. Alyssa sees this and leaves the Megazord to help the Princess but is knocked out by Master Org. When Shayla tells Master Org that she can't open the seal, only the chosen one can; he decides to blow it up. After Master Org leaves, Shayla and Alyssa inspect the rubble and find that the Power Animal behind the seal still lives. An animal crystal appears before Alyssa and summons the Elephant Zord, forming the Wild Force Megazord sword and shield mode to destroy Tire Org. | |||||||||||
| 424 | 6 | "Wishes On The Water" | Koichi Sakamoto | William Winkler | March 9, 2002 | ||||||
| Alyssa reads a story to Max and Danny about a creature in Turtle Lake that can grant wishes. Max falls asleep and has a dream about the Megazord getting defeated. Max wishes the others would stop calling him a kid, and as the book instructs, he writes it down on paper, puts it in a bottle, and throws it into the lake. That night, the Rangers fight Ship Org, who stole Max's bottle. Max is knocked out, and the Rangers take him back to the Animarium. There, he has the same dream, but this time, a voice tells him to, "use the Spear of Pardolis." He confides in Princess Shayla and then returns to fight Ship Org. The other Rangers join him, and the Jungle Sword destroys Ship Org. After Toxica revives Ship Org, Max's dream becomes a reality when the org overpowers the Elephant sword, and Princess Shayla remembers that Pardolis was an ancient Animarium warrior who had control over the Giraffe Zord, his spear. The Rangers then call on the Giraffe Zord, forming the Wild Force Megazord Spear Mode, and Ship Org is destroyed. | |||||||||||
| 425 | 7 | "The Bear Necessities" | Koichi Sakamoto | Derek Rydall | March 16, 2002 | ||||||
| When jogging, Taylor stops by at the air force base and remembers when she first came to the Animarium. She meets two boys: wearing black and white, running from a security guard. She saves them from capture and finds out from the security guard that she was the best pilot Turtle Cove ever had. Then, Cellphone Org starts attacking the city and can disrupt the Rangers' ability to morph. He injures Taylor, who manages to hide in an abandoned factory. Putrids find her, but the two boys save her using psychic powers. While the other Rangers deal with Cellphone Org, Taylor is tasked by the boys to get two flowers from a cliff. The others break Cellphone Org's antenna, allowing Taylor to morph, fly, and get the flowers. The boys give her two seeds, and she then returns to the others. The Jungle Sword destroys Cellphone Org, and Toxica revives him into a giant. The Rangers notice the boys Taylor met before. The boys sprinkle pollen from the flowers on each other, turning them into the Black Bear and Polar Bear Zords. The seeds Taylor was given turns into animal crystals, and the Wild Force Megazord Double Knuckle is formed. Even though Cellphone Org is destroyed, Red Lion becomes tired from taking in energy from the bear brothers, causing the Megazord to overload. | |||||||||||
| 426 | 8 | "Soul Searching" | Koichi Sakamoto | Jill Donnellan | March 23, 2002 | ||||||
| The rangers learn of a magical Soul Bird in the forest that can heal the Wild Zords. Cole thinks that it may heal the Red Lion, so the Rangers head off to find it. However, they are stopped by Toxica, Jindrax, and a grown Bulldozer Org. Since Red Lion is still exhausted, the Rangers can't form the Megazord. Red Lion objects and says that he will fight, so the Rangers do what Jindrax and Toxica want them to. However, they need to use the bear brothers again. Red Lion becomes exhausted and injured, so the other Wild Zords try to protect him. Cole tries to find the Soul Bird, and Jindrax and Toxica go after him. But Taylor, Alyssa, Danny, and Max stop them. Cole encounters Master Org, who scares away the Soul Bird who states that the Soul Bird is never seen twice. The gorilla crystal then comes to Cole, who reunites with the others and forms the Kongazord. After Bulldozer Org is destroyed, the Rangers find a Soul Bird egg, and Cole becomes sad because the little chick won't know its mother... like him. | |||||||||||
| 427 | 9 | "Soul Bird Salvation" | Worth Keeter | Suzi Shimoyama | March 30, 2002 | ||||||
| A wandering General Org called Retinax battles the Rangers to prove his worth. With Freezer Org's help and sacrifice, the Zords are frozen, and the Rangers are rendered powerless. The Soul Bird hatches, restores the Zords powers, and helps the Rangers defeat Retinax. Master Org later finds the defeated Retinax and destroys him. | |||||||||||
| 428 | 10 | "Curse of the Wolf" | Taro Sakamoto | Katherine Torpey | April 6, 2002 | ||||||
| Master Org releases the General Org Nayzor, who finds and releases another Duke Org - Zen-Aku. Zen-Aku defeats the Rangers and steals the Elephant Zord from Alyssa. | |||||||||||
| 429 | 11 | "Battle of The Zords" | Koichi Sakamoto | Derek Rydall | April 13, 2002 | ||||||
| An injured Alyssa is tended to by Zen-Aku after being attacked by Toxica and Jindrax. Zen-Aku summons his Dark Wild Zords (consisting of the Wolf Zord, the Hammerhead Zord, and the Alligator Zord) to battle the Rangers' Wild Zords. | |||||||||||
| 430 | 12 | "Predazord, Awaken" | Koichi Sakamoto | Bergen Williams | April 20, 2002 | ||||||
| As Cole takes on Zen-Aku, the others take on Bus Org who disguised himself as a bus which they had to free the passengers from. After defeating the Bus Org, the Rangers face Zen-Aku. He also combines his Dark Wild Zords into the Predazord and steals the Giraffe Power Animal from them. | |||||||||||
| 431 | 13 | "Revenge of Zen-Aku" | Koichi Sakamoto | Jill Donnellan | April 27, 2002 | ||||||
| Zen-Aku frees Motorcycle Org and kidnaps Princess Shayla. It seems that back in Taylor's past, she couldn't defeat Motorcycle Org and Princess Shayla had to seal him away with a spell. Shayla's necklace brings back memories for Zen-Aku. The Rangers battle Motorcycle Org and Zen-Aku and get back the Princess. After the Motorcycle Org is destroyed, Zen-Aku summons the Predazord which defeats the Kongazord. Taylor is defeated by Zen-Aku, who steals the Bear animal crystals. | |||||||||||
| 432 | 14 | "Identity Crisis" | Taro Sakamoto | Suzi Shimoyama | May 4, 2002 | ||||||
| As Zen-Aku begins to remember his past, Nayzor plants a bug in his head, which convinces him that he is evil, making him even more dangerous to the Rangers. This was unlikely proven when he crashes the Rangers' battle with Lawnmower Org and destroys him. | |||||||||||
| 433 | 15 | "The Ancient Warrior" | Taro Sakamoto | Katherine Torpey | May 11, 2002 | ||||||
| The ancient Animus intervenes to reveal Zen-Aku's true identity - Merrick, the ancient warrior who defeated Master Org by using the cursed wolf mask. By beating the Predazord with new zords, the Rangers break the curse, returning Merrick to normal. | |||||||||||
| 434 | 16 | "The Lone Wolf" | Taro Sakamoto | Derek Rydall | May 18, 2002 | ||||||
| After a failed attempt to retrieve the stolen Animal Crystals, Merrick must fight the Quadra Org, a Chimera-type Org who was created with the power of the crystals. With the Rangers tied up, Merrick battles on his own until his Wild Zords return to him and give him the power to morph into the Lunar Wolf Ranger. After Quadra Org is destroyed, Merrick destroys Nayzor and reclaims the stolen crystals. | |||||||||||
| 435 | 17 | "Power Play" | Koichi Sakamoto | Jill Donnellan | June 1, 2002 | ||||||
| Toxica secretly powers herself up into the newest General Org - Necronomica. This puts her into conflict with Jindrax even when he finds Karaoke Org. Merrick helps the Rangers defeat her with his latest vehicle - the Wolf Savage Cycle. Afterwards, Toxica and Jindrax make their escape after Toxica makes Karaoke Org grow. | |||||||||||
| 436 | 18 | "Secrets and Lies" | Koichi Sakamoto | Bergen Williams | June 8, 2002 | ||||||
| Jindrax finds Master Org zapping Toxica after he found out that she used the Org Crown on herself. After being persuaded by Jindrax not to destroy her, Master Org order both of them to make themselves useful and find another Org. Signal Org makes Cole lose his memory. He ends up on a farm, but is eventually found by the Rangers and returned to normal to defeat Signal Org. Also, Alyssa discovers that Cole's parents have been presumed dead. Following Signal Org's destruction, Toxica and Jindrax explore Master Org's chamber based on Toxica's suspicions that he may be human. However, Master Org catches them and using his vines transforms Toxica and Jindrax into more powerful forms as well as brainwashing them into being completely loyal to him. | |||||||||||
| 437 | 19 | "The Tornado Spin" | Worth Keeter | Derek Rydall | June 15, 2002 | ||||||
| Bowling Org makes Max learn a new bowling technique, the tornado spin. To learn the move, he must convince his old bowling coach to regain his will to bowl. | |||||||||||
| 438 | 20 | "Three's a Crowd" | Taro Sakamoto | Katherine Torpey & Bergen Williams | June 29, 2002 | ||||||
| Danny competes for Kendall's affection while the Rangers try to find Wedding Dress Org and his captives. Kendall discovers that Danny is the Black Ranger and inspires him to turn the tide against the Org single-handedly. In the end, Danny's life doesn't allow them to be together. | |||||||||||
| 439 | 21 | "A Father's Footsteps" | Koichi Sakamoto | Suzi Shimoyama | July 6, 2002 | ||||||
| Alyssa's father is in town and calls Alyssa for lunch. Samurai Org stirs up trouble and Alyssa must recall her father's training to defeat him. | |||||||||||
| 440 | 22 | "Sing Song" | Taro Sakamoto | Jill Donnellan | July 13, 2002 | ||||||
| To defeat Tombstone Org, who was created by Master Org who infused the tombstone of Dr. Viktor Adler with six Org spirits, the Rangers need the Deer Zord. To get the Deer to help them, Shayla and Merrick must sing for him to make him happy again. | |||||||||||
| 441 | 23 | "The Wings of Animaria" | Worth Keeter | Suzi Shimoyama | July 20, 2002 | ||||||
| Nayzor is resurrected as the stronger Super Nayzor. He is defeated by Cole's new weapon, the Falcon Summoner. During the battle, Cole also manages to defeat Toxica and Jindrax which reverses their brainwashing and returns them to normal. They then abandon Master Org, determined to find someone to help them take down the impostor. When Master Org makes him grow, Super Nayzor is destroyed as a giant by the Rangers' new Megazord, the Isis Megazord which is made up the Falcon, the Deer, the Giraffe, the Rhino, and the Armadillo Zords. | |||||||||||
| 442 | 24 | "Reinforcements from the Future" | Koichi Sakamoto | Amit Bhaumik | July 27, 2002 | ||||||
| 443 | 25 | August 3, 2002 | |||||||||
| Wes and Eric track down three MutOrgs from the future to Turtle Cove, where they team up with the Wild Force Rangers to battle them. The Rangers are incredibly overpowered, and only with the intervention of Jen are they able to escape. The MutOrgs managed to find their way to Master Org. The four remaining Time Force Rangers later arrive from the future, bringing Ransik and Nadira with them. They track down the MutOrgs and Ransik manages to destroy their mutant halves. This allows the 12 Rangers to destroy the trio. Afterwards, the 12 Rangers find that Ransik is now human. Guest stars: Erin Cahill, Michael Copon, Jason Faunt, Kevin Kleinberg, Deborah Estelle Philips, Kate Sheldon, Daniel Southworth and Vernon Wells. | |||||||||||
| 444 | 26 | "The Master's Last Stand" | Koichi Sakamoto | Derek Rydall | August 10, 2002 | ||||||
| Posing as his original form of Dr. Viktor Adler upon him being found, Master Org kidnaps four of the Rangers and reveals his true origin to Cole. In a heated battle, Cole destroys Master Org's Org half, reverting him to an average human. Meanwhile, Toxica and Jindrax have found a replacement to lead them - General Org Mandilok. After Mandilok blasts Master Org and leaves him for dead, he comes back to life when an Org horn appears on his head. Note: This was the last episode that originally aired on Fox Kids. | |||||||||||
| 445 | 27 | "Unfinished Business" | Taro Sakamoto | Suzi Shimoyama | September 14, 2002 | ||||||
| Zen-Aku returns in a separate to rejoin with Merrick. Only by learning to accept help from his friends does Merrick defeat this evil from his past. Note: This was the first episode to be shown on ABC Kids. | |||||||||||
| 446 | 28 | "Homecoming" | Taro Sakamoto | Katherine Torpey | September 14, 2002 | ||||||
| Cole befriends a mysterious young boy named Kite, who helps them defeat Mandilok's two new Duke Orgs - Artilla and Helicos. | |||||||||||
| 447 | 29 | "The Flute" | Worth Keeter | Katherine Torpey | September 21, 2002 | ||||||
| Flute Org controls the citizens of Turtle Cove, and the Rangers, with his music. A surprising ally comes to their rescue - Animus. | |||||||||||
| 448 | 30 | "Team Carnival" | Koichi Sakamoto | Katherine Torpey | September 21, 2002 | ||||||
| Jindrax teams up with his brother Juggelo to prove his worth by destroying the Rangers. After his brother is killed, Jindrax narrowly escapes. | |||||||||||
| 449 | 31 | "Taming of the Zords" | Koichi Sakamoto | Katherine Torpey | September 28, 2002 | ||||||
| The Rangers battle for control of the Wild Zords against Lion Tamer Org. The Zords are broken free of the Org's spell by Kite, who displays some mysterious powers. | |||||||||||
| 450 | 32 | "Monitoring Earth" | Taro Sakamoto | Katherine Torpey | September 28, 2002 | ||||||
| Mandilok convinces Kite that humans are no good and unleashes Monitor Org. Just as the Rangers defeat Monitor Org, Kite reveals himself as Animus and breaks off the control device that Jindrax and Toxica placed on the Wild Force Megazord. He determines that humans do not deserve the Wild Zords' help and takes them away. | |||||||||||
| 451 | 33 | "The Soul of Humanity" | Taro Sakamoto | Katherine Torpey | October 5, 2002 | ||||||
| The Rangers struggle to defeat Toy Org without their Zords. When Animus truly believes in humanity's soul and the Rangers' commitment to protecting the Earth when they fight against Toy Org, he returns the Zords to the Rangers. | |||||||||||
| 452 | 34 | "Forever Red" | Koichi Sakamoto | Amit Bhaumik | October 5, 2002 | ||||||
| Cole and nine other Red Rangers from the previous series unite to destroy the remaining generals of the Machine Empire who are excavating Serpentera. Guest stars: Jason Faunt, Jason David Frank, Sean Cw Johnson, Christopher Khayman Lee, Jason Narvy, Paul Schrier, Danny Slavin, Daniel Southworth, Austin St. John and Selwyn Ward. | |||||||||||
| 453 | 35 | "The Master's Herald" | Koichi Sakamoto | Jill Donnelllan | October 19, 2002 | ||||||
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| To prepare for his return, Master Org sends the ninja Duke Org Onikage to take care of business. Onikage succeeds in kidnapping Shayla and destroys Toxica, and then creates Shadow Rangers to fight the Rangers. Master Org reappears and destroys Mandilok. The Pegasus Megazord destroys Onikage, but Master Org walks off with the Princess. | |||||||||||
| 455 | 37 | "Fishing for a Friend" | Taro Sakamoto | Suzi Shimoyama | November 2, 2002 | ||||||
| Jindrax sets up both the Rangers and the Locomotive Org to re-energize Toxica's horn, which he uses to fish her out of the Org Spirit World. Meanwhile, Master Org prepares the Nexus for a mysterious ceremony and snatches Princess Shayla's necklace, for it. | |||||||||||
| 456 | 38 | "Sealing the Nexus" | Taro Sakamoto | Derek Rydall | November 2, 2002 | ||||||
| The Rangers battle resurrected Retinax, Nayzor, and Mandilok to disable the Nexus's force field so that their new allies Toxica and Jindrax may sneak in and rescue Princess Shayla. | |||||||||||
| 457 | 39 | "The End of the Power Rangers" | Jonathan Tzachor | Jill Donnellan & Katherine Torpey | November 16, 2002 | ||||||
| 458 | 40 | Derek Rydall & Suzi Shimoyama | |||||||||
| Master Org returns and attacks the Rangers with his new form. He destroys all the Wild Zords and the Rangers' powers. The Wild Zords later return, along with other fallen Wild Zords, and destroy Master Org with an Ultra Roar. The Rangers then beat the Org Heart so that Master Org won't come back. Note: This was the final episode of the series that was produced in the United States. | |||||||||||
Notes
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- ^ Lewis, Hillary (3 February 2015). "'Power Rangers' Actor Not Charged in Murder Case". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Patten, Dominic; Gajewski, Ryan (16 March 2017). "'Power Rangers' TV Actor Admits Killing Roommate; Faces 6 Years Behind Bars". Deadline. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Mouriquand, David (November 20, 2022). "Jason David Frank, 'Power Rangers' star and former MMA fighter, dies aged 49". Euronews. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
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