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* AndIMustScream: The Rangers that are eaten by the Terror Toad are apparently all turned into spheres of energy. Although, since we never see inside the monster's stomach, so we don't know for sure what form the Rangers take while inside or if they're even conscious.

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* AndIMustScream: The Rangers that are eaten by the Terror Toad are apparently all turned into spheres of energy. Although, since we never see inside the monster's stomach, so we don't know for sure what form the Rangers take while inside it or if they're even conscious.


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* EvilCounterpart: Billy and Kim essentially become their own evil counterparts after being poisoned by Baboo's punk potion.
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Following a hit and run attack by Putties to disrupt a game of volleyball, Baboo spikes the teens' refreshments with a potion he has brewed up to brainwash and divide the Rangers. Kimberly and Billy drink them and immediately turn antisocial, showing up at school the next day in punk attire, bullying other kids and with a serious attitude problem. Meanwhile, Finnster constructs a Terror Toad monster with the ability to swallow his opponents whole. Jason, Zack and Trini are confounded by what has happened to their friends until Zordon informs them they must obtain a "Singing Squash" plant as an antidote. While they battle the Toad, Alpha teleports to pick the Squash himself. Curing the short-lived punks, they go on to back up Jason, but nevertheless, Kimberly finds herself as the last Ranger standing due to the Toad's ravenous appetite. She puts her Power Bow to good use and saves her friends.

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Following a hit and run attack by Putties to disrupt a game of volleyball, Baboo spikes the teens' refreshments with a potion he has brewed up to brainwash and divide the Rangers. Kimberly and Billy drink them and immediately turn antisocial, showing up at school the next day in punk attire, bullying other kids and with a serious attitude problem. Meanwhile, Finnster Finster constructs a Terror Toad monster with the ability to swallow his opponents whole. Jason, Zack and Trini are confounded by what has happened to their friends until Zordon informs them they must obtain a "Singing Squash" plant as an antidote. While they battle the Toad, Alpha teleports to pick the Squash himself. Curing the short-lived punks, they go on to back up Jason, but nevertheless, Kimberly finds herself as the last Ranger standing due to the Toad's ravenous appetite. She puts her Power Bow to good use and saves her friends.
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** Also, it's strange that the wise Zordon would refrain from telling Jason, Zack, and Trini about the Terror Toad's weak spot when he apparently knew about it the whole time. Again, likely a case of AdaptationInducedPlotHole.
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* NoBudget: Alpha 5 goes to another dimension, which apparently is just a dark misty room with some plants and garbage bags lined on the floor.
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* DwindlingParty: The Terror Toad steadily eats the Rangers one-by-one until only Kim is left.


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* TheWorfEffect: Partway through the battle, the Terror Toad swallows Jason, the leader and most powerful of the Rangers, leaving the audience to wonder how Billy and Kim can possibly defeat it.
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* IdiotBall: The usually level-headed Billy makes the bone-headed move of making himself an easy target for the Terror Toad and is eaten alive. Of course, this is due to AdaptationDeviation.
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* AndIMustScream: The Rangers that are eaten by the Terror Toad are apparently all turned into spheres of energy. Although, since we never see inside the monster's stomach, so we don't know for sure what form the Rangers take while inside or if they're even conscious.


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* CurbStompBattle: The Terror Toad overpowers the Rangers through most of the battle, but this is especially true of Trini who, after only about twenty-five seconds of fighting, is eaten by the toad. She and the others are later freed though and turn the tables on the monster.

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Following a hit and run attack by Putties to disrupt a game of volleyball, Baboo spikes the teens' refreshments with a potion he has brewed up to brainwash and divide the Rangers. Kimberly and Billy drink them and immediately turn antisocial, showing up at school the next day in punk attire, bullying other kids and with a serious attitude problem. Meanwhile, Finnster constructs a Terror Toad monster with the ability to swallow his opponents whole. Jason, Zack and Trini are confounded by what has happened to their friends until Zordon informs them they must obtain a "Singing Squash" plant as an antidote. While they battle the Toad, Alpha teleports to pick the Squash himself. Curing the short-lived punks, they go on to back up Jason, but nevertheless Kimberly finds herself as the last Ranger standing due to the Toad's ravenous appetite. She puts her Power Bow to good use and saves her friends.

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Following a hit and run attack by Putties to disrupt a game of volleyball, Baboo spikes the teens' refreshments with a potion he has brewed up to brainwash and divide the Rangers. Kimberly and Billy drink them and immediately turn antisocial, showing up at school the next day in punk attire, bullying other kids and with a serious attitude problem. Meanwhile, Finnster constructs a Terror Toad monster with the ability to swallow his opponents whole. Jason, Zack and Trini are confounded by what has happened to their friends until Zordon informs them they must obtain a "Singing Squash" plant as an antidote. While they battle the Toad, Alpha teleports to pick the Squash himself. Curing the short-lived punks, they go on to back up Jason, but nevertheless nevertheless, Kimberly finds herself as the last Ranger standing due to the Toad's ravenous appetite. She puts her Power Bow to good use and saves her friends.



* ArrowCam: Kim's final killshot which flies through the trees and shoots the Toad in the mouth for the win.

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* ArrowCam: Kim's final killshot kill shot which flies through the trees and shoots the Toad in the mouth for the win.


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* {{Narm}}: No one over the show's target audience can possibly take Kim and Billy's punk personas seriously. [[NarmCharm But that's part of the appeal]].
* OutOfOrder: In ''Zyuranger'', this episode's events occurred a good while after the Dragon Ranger debuted. In ''Power Rangers'', however, it takes place before the Green Ranger Saga.
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: The Rangers must destroy the Toad's horn and then attack his weak spot below his neck to defeat his.

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* AttackItsWeakPoint: The Rangers must destroy the Toad's horn and then attack his weak spot below his neck to defeat his.him.

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* AttackItsWeakPoint: The Rangers must destroy the Toad's horn and then attack the weak spot below its neck to defeat it.

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* AttackItsWeakPoint: The Rangers must destroy the Toad's horn and then attack the his weak spot below its his neck to defeat it.his.



%% Ranged weapons are just better: With a hint of overconfidence, most of the Rangers are initially swallowed up by leaping into attack the Toad with their melee weapons. It's down to Kimberly and her Power Bow to attack him from afar and bring him down.



%% Multishot attack: Kimberly assaults the awful amphibian with several arrows per pluck of the bowstring.
%% Robotic defensive measures: This is the first time Alpha encounters Putties, so instead of using fighting techniques he activates an [[ShockAndAwe electric shock measure]] and weaponises the Singing Squash.



%% Fashion disaster: When Billy and Kim come to their senses, they are somewhat understandably freaked out by their unexpected punk getups.



%% Discordant wailing plant: the Singing Squash.



%% LockerFiasco: Bulk can't open his locker at first and when it finally bursts open, we see it is packed full of a disgusting amount of food, reminding us what a slovenly glutton he is.
%% Surprising strength: Billy threatens Bulk, grabbing him by his lapels and pinning him to his locker to remind him that there are now a worse pair of bullies at school.
%% Bullying the bully: Billy intimidates Bulk and steals ''his'' lunch money for a change! While he later loses his brainwash effect, he still manages to reject the clowns for the girls and then turns them into a joke again with volleyball.
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* ArrowCam: Kim's final killshot which flies through the trees and shoots the Toad in the month for the win.

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* ArrowCam: Kim's final killshot which flies through the trees and shoots the Toad in the month mouth for the win.



** Baboo gets pulls a successful version of the trope after the toad is destroyed.

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** Baboo gets pulls manages to pull a successful version of the trope after the toad is destroyed.
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* OutOfOrder: In Zyuranger, this episode's plot occurred after the Dragonranger made his debut. In Power Rangers, however, it was pushed (along with the next episode) to before the Green Ranger storyline. It's unknown why this happened.
** Unlike the next episode, however, there are less severe drawbacks.

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* AttackItsWeakPoint: The Rangers must destroy the Toad's horn before they can defeat it.

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* AttackItsWeakPoint: The Rangers must destroy the Toad's horn before they can and then attack the weak spot below its neck to defeat it.


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* VillainousGlutton: The Terror Toad continuously devours the Power Rangers without any signs of slowing down and intends to devour Kimberly after swallowing the other four.

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* OutOfOrder: In Zyuranger, this episode's plot occurred after the Dragonranger made his debut. In Power Rangers, however, it was pushed (along with the next episode) to before the Green Ranger storyline. It's unknown why this happened.
** Unlike the next episode, however, there are less severe drawbacks.



* PocketDimension: The Singing Squash only exist in one of these.

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* PocketDimension: The Singing Squash only exist exists in one of these.


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** Baboo gets pulls a successful version of the trope after the toad is destroyed.

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* PlanarShockwave: The Toad emits several as part of his destruction scene.


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* PlanarShockwave: The Toad emits several as part of his destruction scene.
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* PocketDimension: The Singing Squash only exist in one of these.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Toad tries to flee after Kimberly makes him cough the others up; he doesn't get far...
* SwallowedWhole: Happens to nearly the whole team before Kimberly hits him where it counts.

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* ConfusionFu: The Putties make use of disorienting fighting and the camera cuts become jarring, enabling Baboo to poison the drinks with the Rangers none the wiser.



* ConfusionFu: The Putties make use of disorienting fighting and the camera cuts become jarring, enabling Baboo to poison the drinks with the Rangers none the wiser.
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%% Locker fiasco: Bulk can't open his locker at first and when it finally bursts open, we see it is packed full of a disgusting amount of food, reminding us what a slovenly glutton he is.

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%% Locker fiasco: LockerFiasco: Bulk can't open his locker at first and when it finally bursts open, we see it is packed full of a disgusting amount of food, reminding us what a slovenly glutton he is.



* WhipItGood: The Toad's elastic tongue which he uses to ensnare and devour the Rangers.

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* WhipItGood: The Toad's elastic tongue which he uses to ensnare and devour the Rangers.Rangers after his horn was broken off.
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* PlanarShockwaves: The Toad emits several as part of his destruction scene.

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* PlanarShockwaves: PlanarShockwave: The Toad emits several as part of his destruction scene.
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* PlanarShockWaves: The Toad emits several as part of his destruction scene.

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* PlanarShockWaves: PlanarShockwaves: The Toad emits several as part of his destruction scene.
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* Acrofatic: Like other corpulent Sentai/Power Rangers beasts, the Toad is rotund but no less of a dangerous foe for it.

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* Acrofatic: {{Acrofatic}}: Like other corpulent Sentai/Power Rangers beasts, the Toad is rotund but no less of a dangerous foe for it.
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* AttackItsWeakSpot: The Rangers must destroy the Toad's horn before they can defeat it.

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* AttackItsWeakSpot: AttackItsWeakPoint: The Rangers must destroy the Toad's horn before they can defeat it.



* Bookends: Starts and ends with volleyball, the latter being PlayedForLaughs to humiliate Bulk and Skull once again.

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* Bookends: BookEnds: Starts and ends with volleyball, the latter being PlayedForLaughs to humiliate Bulk and Skull once again.
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* WhipItGood: The Toad's elastic tongue which he uses to ensnare and devour the Rangers.

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* WhipItGood: The Toad's elastic tongue which he uses to ensnare and devour the Rangers.Rangers.
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Following a hit and run attack by Putties to disrupt a game of volleyball, Baboo spikes the teens' refreshments with a potion he has brewed up to brainwash and divide the Rangers. Kimberly and Billy drink them and immediately turn antisocial, showing up at school the next day in punk attire, bullying other kids and with a serious attitude problem. Meanwhile, Finnster constructs a Terror Toad monster with the ability to swallow his opponents whole. Jason, Zack and Trini are confounded by what has happened to their friends until Zordon informs them they must obtain a "Singing Squash" plant as an antidote. While they battle the Toad, Alpha teleports to pick the Squash himself.

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Following a hit and run attack by Putties to disrupt a game of volleyball, Baboo spikes the teens' refreshments with a potion he has brewed up to brainwash and divide the Rangers. Kimberly and Billy drink them and immediately turn antisocial, showing up at school the next day in punk attire, bullying other kids and with a serious attitude problem. Meanwhile, Finnster constructs a Terror Toad monster with the ability to swallow his opponents whole. Jason, Zack and Trini are confounded by what has happened to their friends until Zordon informs them they must obtain a "Singing Squash" plant as an antidote. While they battle the Toad, Alpha teleports to pick the Squash himself.
himself. Curing the short-lived punks, they go on to back up Jason, but nevertheless Kimberly finds herself as the last Ranger standing due to the Toad's ravenous appetite. She puts her Power Bow to good use and saves her friends.



%% Bullying the bully: Billy intimidates Bulk and steals ''his'' lunch money for a change! While he later loses his brainwash effect, he still manages to reject the clowns for the girls and then turns them into a joke again with volleyball.

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%% Bullying the bully: Billy intimidates Bulk and steals ''his'' lunch money for a change! While he later loses his brainwash effect, he still manages to reject the clowns for the girls and then turns them into a joke again with volleyball.volleyball.
* WhipItGood: The Toad's elastic tongue which he uses to ensnare and devour the Rangers.
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%% Bullying the bully: Billy intimidates Bulk and steals ''his'' lunch money for a change! While he later loses his brainwash effect, he still manages to reject the clowns for the girls and turns them into a joke again with volleyball.

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%% Bullying the bully: Billy intimidates Bulk and steals ''his'' lunch money for a change! While he later loses his brainwash effect, he still manages to reject the clowns for the girls and then turns them into a joke again with volleyball.

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* AttackItsWeakSpot: The Rangers must destroy the Toad's horn before they can defeat it.
* Acrofatic: Like other corpulent Sentai/Power Rangers beasts, the Toad is rotund but no less of a dangerous foe for it.
%% Ranged weapons are just better: With a hint of overconfidence, most of the Rangers are initially swallowed up by leaping into attack the Toad with their melee weapons. It's down to Kimberly and her Power Bow to attack him from afar and bring him down.
* ArrowCam: Kim's final killshot which flies through the trees and shoots the Toad in the month for the win.
* Bookends: Starts and ends with volleyball, the latter being PlayedForLaughs to humiliate Bulk and Skull once again.
* PlanarShockWaves: The Toad emits several as part of his destruction scene.
%% Multishot attack: Kimberly assaults the awful amphibian with several arrows per pluck of the bowstring.



%% Fashion disaster: When Billy and Kim come to their senses, they are somewhat understandably freaked out by their unexpected punk getups.



* ShipTease: This bizarro Kim suddenly [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys finds Skull to be a hot catch and offers to go out with him]]. Bulk senses that something isn't right about this turn of events.

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* ShipTease: This bizarro Kim suddenly [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys finds Skull to be a hot catch and offers to go out with him]]. With an implication of petty vandalism as a dating activity. Bulk senses that something isn't right about this turn of events. When she later comes to her senses, she reacts with disgust to the bullies reminding them of the date, putting an end to the tease for a good part of the series.



%% Bullying the bully: Billy intimidates Bulk and steals ''his'' lunch money for a change!

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%% Bullying the bully: Billy intimidates Bulk and steals ''his'' lunch money for a change!change! While he later loses his brainwash effect, he still manages to reject the clowns for the girls and turns them into a joke again with volleyball.

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Following a hit and run attack by Putties to disrupt a game of volleyball, Baboo spikes the teens' refreshments with a potion he has brewed up to brainwash and divide the Rangers. Kimberly and Billy drink them and immediately turn antisocial, showing up at school the next day in punk attire, bullying other kids and with a serious attitude problem. Meanwhile, Finnster constructs a Terror Toad monster with the ability to swallow his opponents whole. Jason, Zack and Trini are confounded by what has happened to their friends until

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Following a hit and run attack by Putties to disrupt a game of volleyball, Baboo spikes the teens' refreshments with a potion he has brewed up to brainwash and divide the Rangers. Kimberly and Billy drink them and immediately turn antisocial, showing up at school the next day in punk attire, bullying other kids and with a serious attitude problem. Meanwhile, Finnster constructs a Terror Toad monster with the ability to swallow his opponents whole. Jason, Zack and Trini are confounded by what has happened to their friends until
until Zordon informs them they must obtain a "Singing Squash" plant as an antidote. While they battle the Toad, Alpha teleports to pick the Squash himself.

%% Robotic defensive measures: This is the first time Alpha encounters Putties, so instead of using fighting techniques he activates an [[ShockAndAwe electric shock measure]] and weaponises the Singing Squash.
* HorrorHunger: A tame example considering the series, but still. The Terror Toad consumes most of the Rangers and reduces them to a cartoon graphic on the outside of his stomach. Fortunately, it's all fixed when Kimberly comes to the rescue.
* ImAHumanitarian: The Toad nearly eats the entire [=MMPR=] team.
%% Discordant wailing plant: the Singing Squash.



%% Surprising strength: Billy threatens Bulk, grabbing him by his lapels and pinning him to his locker to remind him that there are now a worse pair of bullies at school.

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%% Surprising strength: Billy threatens Bulk, grabbing him by his lapels and pinning him to his locker to remind him that there are now a worse pair of bullies at school.school.
%% Bullying the bully: Billy intimidates Bulk and steals ''his'' lunch money for a change!

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Following a hit and run attack by Putties to disrupt a game of volleyball, Baboo spikes the teens' refreshments with a potion he has brewed up to divide the Rangers. Kimberly and Billy drink them and immediately turn antisocial, showing up at school the next day in punk attire and with a serious attitude problem. Meanwhile, Finnster constructs a Terror Toad monster with the ability to swallow his opponents whole.

## Locker fiasco: Bulk can't open his locker at first and when it finally bursts open, we see it is packed full of a disgusting amount of.food, reminding us what a slovenly glutton he is.
## Disorienting fight: The Putties make use of disorienting fighting and the camera cuts become jarring, enabling Baboo to poison the drinks with the Rangers none the wise

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Following a hit and run attack by Putties to disrupt a game of volleyball, Baboo spikes the teens' refreshments with a potion he has brewed up to brainwash and divide the Rangers. Kimberly and Billy drink them and immediately turn antisocial, showing up at school the next day in punk attire attire, bullying other kids and with a serious attitude problem. Meanwhile, Finnster constructs a Terror Toad monster with the ability to swallow his opponents whole.

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whole. Jason, Zack and Trini are confounded by what has happened to their friends until

* ShipTease: This bizarro Kim suddenly [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys finds Skull to be a hot catch and offers to go out with him]]. Bulk senses that something isn't right about this turn of events.
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Locker fiasco: Bulk can't open his locker at first and when it finally bursts open, we see it is packed full of a disgusting amount of.of food, reminding us what a slovenly glutton he is.
## Disorienting fight: * ConfusionFu: The Putties make use of disorienting fighting and the camera cuts become jarring, enabling Baboo to poison the drinks with the Rangers none the wisewiser.
%% Surprising strength: Billy threatens Bulk, grabbing him by his lapels and pinning him to his locker to remind him that there are now a worse pair of bullies at school.
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Following a hit and run attack by Putties to disrupt a game of volleyball, Baboo spikes the teens' refreshments with a potion he has brewed up to divide the Rangers. Kimberly and Billy drink them and immediately turn antisocial, showing up at school the next day in punk attire and with a serious attitude problem. Meanwhile, Finnster constructs a Terror Toad monster with the ability to swallow his opponents whole.

## Locker fiasco: Bulk can't open his locker at first and when it finally bursts open, we see it is packed full of a disgusting amount of.food, reminding us what a slovenly glutton he is.
## Disorienting fight: The Putties make use of disorienting fighting and the camera cuts become jarring, enabling Baboo to poison the drinks with the Rangers none the wise

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