Fury was last seen quaking in fear after Bones removed his backbone, since then he has been reduced to menial labor aboard the prison deck. After 'saving' Poisandra from the beast within Solitary, Sledge gives him another chance to find an Energem, and defeat the rangers.
Speaking of Energems, Prince Philip of Zandar has found one, hidden inside a Pachycephalosaurus fossil. Despite his mimicking of the ranger invocation, he cannot morph into one nor use any of its powers. He sets out for Amber Beach to find answers.
In Amber Beach meanwhile, Chase's little sister is in town, along with her troupe who are performing a Maori dance at the museum. While the two want to spend time together, Chase's ranger duties keep calling him away. As the rangers battle Fury and his Vivix, a robot arrives to help them out, only it just gets in the way and isn't nearly strong enough to take on one Vivix, let alone a group. As Fury retreats, the robot's controller is revealed to be Philip, who wishes to aid the rangers in their mission. While they appreciate the sentiment, a civilian with a robot warrior would just make their job harder to do. Hey, where is the robot...
Turns out the robot, G-BO was stolen by Vivix so that Wrench could repurpose it as a Ranger Destroyer. Wrench also upgraded its hardware and software to be stronger, faster and included a blaster for ranged attacks. Back on Earth, Philip is quizzing Koda on how he first bonded with his Energem, with Koda replying that it 'saw' his heart. Koda tells him the Energems are 'mystical' and that it chose him because it felt he was 'worthy'.
Apparently in Philips eyes, worthiness means philanthropy, and he uses his vast wealth and prestige to donate to various causes, the museum getting new fossil exhibits, the hospital getting brand new wheelchairs and wheelchair access, a new playground etc. Despite the volume of thank-you letters he receives, there simply is no reaction from the Energem.
He calls the rangers, telling them the truth, and resolves to hand the Energem to them; but at that exact moment, Fury and G-BO attack, knocking the Energem away. As the rangers fight Fury, Philip is ushered away by his bodyguards, when suddenly Chase's sister arrives, having followed him from the skatepark to give him a gift. As G-BO targets her to put the rangers in a bind, Philip risks his own life to save her. Dodging energy blasts and Vivix, he scoops her up and carries her back to his guards, who escort her back to the museum. This act of selfless altruism is what finally awakens the Energem, his willingness to risk his life to protect others is a respect and worth wealth alone cannot attain.
As Fury stands in disbelief, Philip leads the morph, and all seven rangers stand as one. While Philip makes amends taking on his own robot, the others battle Fury. The combined strength of the six core rangers is more than enough to beat the Vivix and Spikeballs, so Fury wastes no time in retreating, but leaves the rangers a parting gift in the form of two Vivizords. The zords catch the rangers off guard, kicking them into the wall and injuring Tyler. Kendall contacts Philip and tells him to summon his Zord, a Pachy Zord armed with a meteor hammer. The Pachy Zord makes quick work of the Vivizords, and he likewise finishes off G-BO with the Royal Dino Punch finisher.
Philip is unable to stay in Amber Beach and fight alongside the Rangers full-time, due to his commitments in Zandar, but promises to be there if they ever need him. He also leaves the Pachy Charger in their hands and vows to keep the Graphite Energem safe from Sledge. Chase gets his present from his sister, who is off home to New Zealand - a return plane ticket to his hometown for Christmas. And as for Fury, Sledge makes it clear that sooner or later, his nine lives will run out, and he will be all out of second chances.
Tropes:
- Epic Flail: The Pachy Zord, who employs a meteor hammer.
- Gondor Calls for Aid: Invoked by Philip, he can't remain full time, but he will be 'on-call' should the rangers need his help.
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Out of Order: Was broadcast after the Halloween Episode, despite the potential for the Halloween episode to be shown on Halloween, and the fact that the Pachy Charger was revealed in that episode but first summoned in this one. - Poor Communication Kills: Koda vaguely telling Philip that the energem is "mysterious" and that the "Ranger must be worthy" causes the latter to go the wrong direction.
- Sixth Ranger: Prince Philip of Zandar becomes the seventh Dino Charge Ranger.
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Stock Footage Failure: Cleverly averted by the writers, who were able to splice Kyoryuger footage and original footage together due to the restrictions from adapting the sentai. The Graphite Ranger's counterpart, Tessai was a 1400 year old monk who in his debut fought alongside the sentai's Cyan Ranger against a meteor-themed alien. Since the show has not formally introduced the Cyan Ranger, they had to work around that by separating him from the others for his debut fight (original footage) while the rangers face off against Fury (stock footage). The Robot, G-BO meanwhile was introduced before Gray's introduction and was fought off by Cyan, making most of its stock footage useless as well.
