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Recap / Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers S3E17 A Ranger Catastrophe Part 1

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Aisha and Kimberly discover a small white cat in the middle of the park. They're smitten with the kitten, but little do they realize that what they call "P.C." (Park Cat) is no ordinary animal, but part of the latest scheme by Rita Repulsa! But when the gals leave P.C. at the local animal shelter to see if her owners claim her, Rito and the Tengas must prevent anyone but the Ranger gals from adopting her. Who is the young, blonde Australian teenager named Katherine, and what is her connection to this mysterious cat?

Tropes pertaining to this episode include!

  • Animal Espionage: Rita sends a girl named Katherine disguised as a white cat to be adopted by Kimberly and Aisha and spy on them to better attack them.
  • Chaotic Car Ride: As part of Rita's trap, Katherine lets Tommy to take her car for a ride as thanks for "fixing it" and Zedd teleports them into another dimension.
  • Foreshadowing: Katherine arrives wearing pink clothes, like a certain Pink Ranger who had been very busy on her gymnastics lately.
  • Glowing Eyes of Doom: Katherine's eyes sometimes glow red to show she's under Rita's spell.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: Katherine has a crush on Tommy and is jealous of Kimberly, as shown in her white cat form, Katherine liked being petted by Tommy and Aisha but angrily scratched Kimberly when she tried to do the same.
  • Improbably Cool Car: Rita transforms a dumpster into a black convertible car as part of her plan of having Kat to lure Tommy into her trap.
  • Security Cling: Katherine does this with Tommy, when she pretends to be scared after Rita teleports her car with them inside in another dimension.
  • Take That!: Catherine’s convertible is transformed from a dumpster.
  • Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Katherine lures Tommy out from the Youth Center by pretending to have a broken car and asking him to help to fix it.

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