(In other words, it was a clip show.) I guess he took his explanation for how a TV show managed to book five anonymous superheroes all the way to the grave. They were there to talk about the importance of education and regale the audience with tales of their past exploits. That’s a cute, if odd, reference to the talk show host who brought the Rangers on TV all the way back in season 2 (“Lights, Camera, Action”).
(Yes, it still flies.) RIP Harvey Garveyĭuring their first fight with Snizzard and Minotaur in a cemetery, Minotaur busts up a gravestone that reads: “HARVEY GARVEY, 1953-2022.” Rather than looking like Herbie with a septic tank glued to it, this new version is a slick white-and-blue Beetle convertible with a big ol’ jet engine strapped to the front. But perhaps his greatest invention is the RadBug V2, a souped-up Volkswagen Beetle first seen in “Big Sisters,” and which played a big part in the “Green With Evil” arc that introduced Tommy Oliver to the series. In the intervening years, Billy’s become a tech billionaire (but one of the few who are actually working to save the world) with his own company, Cranston Tech. Fun fact: Snizzard was voiced by Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston, who came back to the franchise as Zordon in the 2017 reboot film - and serves as the inspiration for Billy’s surname! RadBug fully loaded The two monsters Robo Rita decides to resurrect to keep the Rangers busy are classic MMPR baddies Snizzard (from “Foul Play in the Sky”) and Mighty Minotaur (from “Teamwork”). (In her house lies a shrine to Trini, including Trang’s headshot.) Breaking baddies: Snizzard and Mighty Minotaur While Trini’s fate here is similarly devastating, the show at least leaves behind a daughter, Charlie Kersh’s Minh, whose quest for vengeance eventually leads her down the path of Rangerdom. Thuy Trang, who played Trini in the first season and a half of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, died in a car accident on Sept. Once & Always kicks off its downbeat prologue with a move practically unheard of in Ranger history: The death of a Power Ranger in battle, namely original Yellow Ranger Trini Kwan. So strap on your nostalgia goggles, hold out your Power Morphers, and let’s run through the bevy of references that eagle-eyed Ranger-heads can unearth in Once & Always. While this special is squarely for the first generation of Ranger fans, there are quite a few nods to lore and legacy from throughout the show’s decades-long (and counting!) run. (At the same time, the show serves as an extensive tribute to late Yellow Ranger actor Thuy Trang - and, by dint of sheer tragic timing, franchise icon Jason David Frank, who died by suicide late last year.)Īfter all, Power Rangers has run practically nonstop since its inception, spawning 30 seasons, dozens of Rangers and hundreds of Zords (and a heaping helping of lore in the meantime). The results are as bittersweet as they are achingly sincere, embracing the aw-shucks corniness of ’90s Rangers while throwing decades’ worth of member-berries at its prospective audience.
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Much to the delight of scores of ’90s kids, this week marked the release of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, a 30th-anniversary reunion special that brought back (some of) the original Rangers from the 1993 series and its follow-up seasons for one last jaunt ’round the Morphin Grid.
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