Welcome to Ranger Reviews, a webseries where we look at episodes of the tv show, Power
Rangers and then discuss it!
Today, we're exploring the hundred and twenty eighth episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
as well as the sixteenth episode of Season 3, titled "I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger".
Welcome to Christmas everyone.
We start at the Youth Center where Aisha is directly a bunch of kids singing while Kimberly
plays along on the guitar.
They're singing "we wish you a merry christmas", and we see that there are a surprising amount
of extras here doing activities and whatnot.
The kids are done singing, and we see that the four other Rangers walk up.
Billy mentions that this is for underprivileged kids so that they have a place to spend Christmas.
Ernie then comes up, giving Tommy the star to go on top of the Christmas tree, and he
sees a young girl sitting alone, clearly depressed.
Then, Tommy looks sad like he's upset that he had to do what he's about to because
only he should be able to put the star up.
Seriously, his face says "this little bitch is about to steal my thunder".
He walks over, talking to the girl.
She says she can't reach up to the top of the tree, and Tommy says it's no problem,
and he lifts her up, helping her put the star on the tree.
Meanwhile, Kim is sad because it's the first Christmas she's ever spent without her mom,
and Aisha understands.
Also, Kim says that's she grateful for Aisha and Tommy, which makes me laugh because she
acts as if she doesn't like everyone else then.
Aisha tells her that it's going to be okay, walking away with her before Bulk and Skull
come in while Skull is screaming a Christmas carol.
Bulk is in a bad mood because he has to play Santa Claus for a bunch of drooling children.
Tommy helps Kim put up the mistletoe, and just as they're about to kiss, Bulk and
Skull walk through with Skull kissing Kim on the cheek.
Can you tell these episodes were aired out of the originally intended order?
Then Bulk looks like he's having trouble deciding whether or not he wants to kiss Tommy,
but instead, he leaves.
On the moon, Zedd is pissed about Christmas because he's basically a Scrooge.
Rita tells him to shut up because he says it every year, and Zedd has a good point,
she has no idea since they've only been married a year.
Then, Zedd shows his toy that he wants to be given to the children of the world via
Santa: the evil hypno-spin.
Yeah, Zedd is literally starting a war on Christmas with an evil dreidel.
Was there no one in the writer's room that thought this was an absolutely terrible, potentially
anti-semitic idea?
Zedd sends Rito down to the North Pole with the toy to make the elves start working on
them right away before he shakes his head at the camera.
Weird.
Meanwhile, the children are singing "O Hanukkah", and we see that girl is still sad.
And Aisha slyly tells her to stop being such a downer.
They're done, and all the kids leave.
Also, they keep hugging Aisha which makes no sense, but I think the real reason is that
these kids were really excited to meet an actor on Power Rangers, so they got a hug
while they could.
Turns out, this girl who we're supposed to care about is named Becky, and Aisha asks
her why she doesn't sing.
She then asks if she likes the song, which would be super problematics if she said "no,
I don't" because it's the most Jewish song ever.
Instead, she explains that no one is going to be there to hear her sing, and she walks
away.
Meanwhile, in the North Pole, Santa and the Elves are stressed about their toy production
schedule.
Also, all these Elves are being played by little people.
This seems so wrong.
Then, Rito shows up, letting Santa know that they're going to start making evil dreidels,
and an elf who is only referred to as "number one" tries to stand up to Rito, but yeah,
she backs down after Rito yells a bit.
Outside, Kimberly meets up with Becky, who explains that she's bummed because her dad
won't be there tonight to see her sing because he has to work.
That's legitimate.
Kim explains that her dad works so hard so that she can be happy, and she suggests that
she tells her dad how she feels because he can't do anything without knowing.
They go back inside, and they meet up with Tommy under the mistletoe, and just as they're
about to kiss, their communicators go off.
All six meet up, teleporting out of there.
In the Command Center, WE'RE DECORATED FOR CHRISTMAS!!
I imagine Alpha got super bored one day, but let's be honest, this is not efficient whatsoever
when it comes to pushing buttons and whatnot.
Zordon tells them about Zedd's evil toy, and Zordon says that it's unlike any they've
ever seen.
Thanks, Zordon.
Glad you're wiping out the whole of Jewish tradition in a single sentence.
Alpha explains that there's an extra complication as well before Zordon just hijacks the conversation
to say that their morphin' powers won't work in the North Pole because of a crosscurrent
of holiday magic?
I mean, come on, this show has made up some bad excuses before, but wow.
Alpha can teleport them there, but they won't be able to defend themselves.
Alpha then teleports them out, landing outside of Santa's village.
They sneak up to the main cabin, and they see that Rito is harassing the elves, and
Santa is hogtied with tinsel and a bow?
Shit's getting kinky.
The rangers say they have to think of something to stop him.
Zedd sees that they've arrived, and he tells Goldar to go down and handle this so that
his plan doesn't get thwarted.
Meanwhile, Bulk and Skull are about to eat donuts before Becky comes up, telling them
that she can't find Kimberly.
They don't think that she'd flake out before they just ignore her issue and walk
away so Bulk can dress as Santa.
At the north pole, Billy suggests that since their powers don't worry, the villains'
powers won't work either, which is fine logic except for if you get impaled with a
giant bone sword.
Whatever, they have some sort of plan.
In the workshop, Kim and Aisha have somehow snuck in, and Kim gets the attention of number
one for runs over to them.
They tell her that they have a plan.
Then, Rito in a Santa hat sees Kim and Aisha, and he's led outside by them with Tengas.
Then, Tommy comes out from behind a tree, and Rito tries to fire at them, but they short
out.
That was pure luck, guys.
Goldar then appears, and they're pummeled with snowballs by the Rangers because this
episode is lame as hell.
Then, Goldar and Rito and the Tengas get home aloned by the elves by being tripped onto
the ground and then tying them up?
Alpha then teleports them out of there, but Number One is still worried because they're
now way behind schedule because they need a miracle to get everything done.
Billy suggests the Rangers help Santa and the elves.
This episode is so terrible.
Meanwhile, Rita and Zedd are screaming at one another about yet another failed plan.
Then, we see the Rangers running around with the elves and Santa, loading up presents.
Santa thanks the Power Rangers, saying that Christmas is saved thanks to them.
He also still has Zedd's toys, and he gives Tommy a special sack for the party.
The Rangers head out, and we see that Zedd and Rita got their evil dreidels back.
Also, Rito has gotten Goldar a present, and it's nice to see that Rito actually like
Goldar.
We never see what it is, but it's still nice.
Bulk is dressed as Santa in the Youth Center, and Skull, as a reindeer brings him a child
who starts to read off of a long list.
Then, the teens show up, and they're handing out their presents.
Kim walks over to Becky before saying that someone else is here for her, and Becky's
dad is there!
And he plans to spend more time with her.
She's obviously happy, so she runs over to Santa/Bulk, sitting on his lap.
She thanks him for bringing her dad home, and she kisses him on the cheek.
This clearly melts Bulk's heart while Skull cries.
Finally, Kim and Tommy get to kiss for second time ever.
Then, Kim's mom and French painter husband to be come in, and she says they took a last
minute flight from France?
Don't think that's a thing, but okay.
The children sing "Holy Night" with Aisha directly them, and we get a really long shot
of just Becky singing?
Also, Kim is playing the guitar, but there's literally no guitar in this song.
What is she doing?
We also get awkward shots of pretty much everyone's face before they break the fourth wall, yelling
, screaming "Merry Christmas" at the audience via the TV screen.
Over the credits, we see Number One explaining to Rito how holiday spirit exists or something.
I don't know.
Whatever.
This episode is a cringe worthy classic.
Seriously, I watch this episode every December because it's so terrible.
It's a very unique episode of Power Rangers, especially in their era of the show, because
there's no Japanese footage, and no one even morphs.
In fact, there's not a whole lot that happened during this episode at all, but it's still
entertainingly bad a bit.
There's a lot of weird trivia to discuss with this episode as well.
Firstly, it was originally released as VHS exclusive episode in September of 1995.
Timely, I know.
It wouldn't air on November on TV, but what's weirder is that the VHS, which was released
around the time of the Ninja Quest Part III, includes a spoilerific deleted scene in it.
Just before the Rangers are teleported to the North Pole by Alpha, Zordon tells them
that they have a message from someone special on the viewing globe: an unnamed girl who
apologizes that she can't be with them because she's at home visiting family in Australia.
Who is she?
Well, stick around until next episode where we meet her, but honestly, this scene makes
the placement of this episode really hard.
It's impossible to tell who this girl is to the Rangers or why certain people are around
during this episode.
Just… weird overall.
Other than that, let's also not skip over the fact that Jason David Frank, the actor
who plays Tommy, has said before at conventions, that there's an outtake of the mistletoe
scene where he hung it on his belt, telling Kim "look!" to insult that she should
kiss it.
Apparently, Amy Jo Johnson laughed really hard at this, but let's be real, we're
never going to see that outtake ever surface.
So, as I said, next episode introduces someone new, but who is she exactly?
Find out next time, but until then, may the power protect you!
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