
The Rangers and their Zords take on Gnarly Gnome and manage to defeat him.

She rushes to tell Kimberly and leads them to the cave. Thankfully, Melissa is unaffected by the spell as she is deaf. Gnarly Gnome's music hypnotizes some of the girls from the dancing class, and they are lured to a cave. She summons Gnarly Gnome, a garden gnome with a magical accordion, and sends him to Earth. Billy soon loses his footing and falls about the exercise area while Bulk fails miserably at a dance-off with Zack, Rita decides that music is the perfect way to conquer the Rangers.

Melissa, who cannot hear Kimberly's commands, starts to run into the other girls, embarrassed she leaves the group. Kimberly teaches a dance class at the juice bar. After regrouping with Billy and Trini, the teens arrive at the Command Center and witness firsthand Jason's struggle with a grown Goldar and Sphinx. After teleporting himself and Jason to a desert, the Sphinx is joined by Goldar. Using his powerful wings, the monster blows Kimberly and, soon after, Zack away from the fight, leaving Jason alone. Rita decides to isolate Jason from the other rangers by sending to earth the King Sphinx. Doubting his ability to succeed, the other ranger teens, Kimberly and Zack, try to comfort him but have mixed success. By working as a team and combining their new arsenal, will the beast be slain?Īt the Juice Bar, Jason is trying to break Bulk's bench-pressing record but cannot do so. Predicting defeat, Zordon recalls them back to the Command Center and awards the rangers special weapons Jason wields the Power Sword, Trini the Power Daggers, Billy the Power Lance, Kimberly the Power Bow, and Zack the Power Axe. Trini and Kimberly can defeat the putties, and the rangers summon their Dinozords. He proves to be an overwhelming opponent, and Rita decides to use her wand to make him grow. The boys are forced to morph and confront the Minotaur first. Rita unleashes the powerful Mighty Minotaur onto Earth to keep the others busy. The Putty Patrol soon ambushes the two girls. Little do they know Rita is behind the dumpsite and plans to destroy the earth by pollution. Kimberly and Trini attempt to close down a hazardous waste dump.

Bones is destroyed, but Rita sends down a Giant, which then grabs hold of Jason. With the Putty Patrol retreating, the Rangers morph to confront Bones but are sucked into the time warp. During the fight, Billy gets chased to the top of a cliff, and Trini must face her fears to go up and save him.

Zordon sends the teens to defeat a small band of Putties. Rita has Finster create the zombie-like Bones monster to control the time warp. Squatt and Baboo send a rigged toy rocket to Earth that activates the time warp. On the moon, Rita decides to trap the Rangers in a time warp the same way she did Zordon. Billy then unveils his latest invention, wrist communicators with which the rangers can contact Zordon and teleport to the Command Center. Also making their debut bullies, Bulk and Skull and Juice Bar proprietor Ernie.Īfter seeing Jason climb a rope at Ernie's Juice Bar, Trini reveals to the other Ranger teens that she is terrified of heights. After receiving Power Morphers, the teens morph into the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and take on Goldar and the Putty Patrol. Within the California desert, at the Command Center, Zordon and Alpha 5 are alerted of Rita's escape and teleport the five to the Command Center. Meanwhile, at a local youth center in Angel Grove, California, we are introduced to "teenagers with attitude" Jason, Trini, Zack, Kimberly, and Billy. Rita then sets her eyes on the nearest planet: Earth. When two astronauts come across a strange dumpster on the moon, they open it, accidentally releasing Rita Repulsa and her minions: Goldar, Squatt, Baboo, and Finster. The episodes are aired in their production order rather than in chronological order.
