Follow TV Tropes

Following

Recap / Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers S2E39 Rangers Back in Time Part 1

Go To

Inspired by the Ranger teens' class assignment of bringing in photographs from their childhood, Lord Zedd comes up with a plan to exploit this trip down memory lane. Using the Rock Of Time, he reverses the Earth's rotation, causing everyone on the planet to revert in age by about 10 years! No longer teens, and no longer possessing the memory of being Rangers, the Powerless Kids are seemingly defenseless against Zedd's Putties. But are they still a great team beyond their years?

Tropes

  • Call-Back: Like in "The Mutiny, Part 1", it took a while for the young Rangers to discover the Putties' weakness.
  • Continuity Snarl: Zedd reversing time erases the Rangers' (and everyone else's) memories of all events of the series, but Aisha, Rocky, Adam and Tommy are treated as if they were always friends with Kimberly and Billy, not to mention Aisha, Rocky and Adam are all treated as if they had always lived in Angel Grove rather than Stone Canyon. Likewise, no mention is ever made about the sudden disappearance of Trini, Zack and Jason.
  • Darkest Hour: The Rangers are changed into children and despite their defeat of the putties, they end up trapped in a photo by Photomare.
  • Fountain of Youth: Zedd's plan.
  • Implausible Deniability: The Putties attempt this when the Ranger kids discover their weak spot, but the children don't buy it.
  • Irony: A married couple sees the Powerless Kids playing and the wife finds them adorable. Then, Bulk and Skull scared them, causing the wife to fall into the garbage.
    "Rude little beasts!"
  • Oh, Crap!: The Putties' reaction when the young Rangers discover their weakness.
  • Phantom-Zone Picture: The Powerless Kids got trapped in a photo by Photomare.
  • She's a Man in Japan: Averted. Photomare is a female in Power Rangers as well as in Dairanger. For whatever reason they gave her a masculine voice here.
  • Villain Decay: The Z-Putties, introduced at the start of the season as formidable even with the obvious weakness, get taken out by powerless children. Even Bulk and Skull manage to take out a couple.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Zedd sends the Putties to destroy the Powerless Kids.

Top