Die Once, Born Again
A mysterious new warrior arrives in Angel Grove, and the Power Rangers have no idea that their greatest challenge may be standing directly in front of them. Rita Repulsa introduces a powerful Green Ranger whose abilities appear to rival, and perhaps even exceed, those of the existing team. The newcomer is not simply another monster,…
Billy’s latest invention goes badly wrong when an experiment causes him and Kimberly to switch bodies. Suddenly, the two Rangers have to live with each other’s personalities, abilities and responsibilities while trying to figure out how to reverse the accident. The problem becomes even more complicated when Rita’s forces launch another attack and the Rangers…
Billy finds himself inspired by Trini’s Uncle Howard, a brilliant scientist who also possesses impressive martial arts abilities. His combination of intelligence and physical skill gives Billy another example of how science and discipline can work together. At the same time, Rita’s forces create another threat that forces the Rangers into action. Billy must determine…
Kimberly’s ordinary flight with her Uncle Steve turns into a dangerous emergency when Rita’s forces use a sleeping potion against him while he is piloting the aircraft. Suddenly, Kimberly is placed in an extremely difficult position, with the safety of everyone aboard depending on what happens next. The situation gives the Pink Ranger a challenge…
When Steve Cardenas actually injured his knee in real life, the show wrote it into the plot briefly before replacing him with Justin in Turbo. But what if Rocky had survived the transition to Turbo but couldn’t morph? He would have become the team’s handler at the Power Chamber, working alongside Alpha and Dimitria. Rocky…
A temporary truce between the Zeo Rangers and the Machine Empire would have been one of the most shocking twists in Saban history. If a rogue alien warlord, perhaps tied to the Zeo Crystal’s origins, arrived to conquer Earth, Mondo might have realized his own empire was at risk. The Rangers would have been forced…
If Tommy had immediately moved on to Katherine while Kimberly was still technically in the picture, it would have made Tommy look incredibly callous. The fan base would have revolted. Tommy was the golden boy, but dropping his long-time girlfriend the second she expressed doubt would have been a terrible look for the Red Ranger…
Removing Rita and Zedd from the Zeo era entirely would have given the Machine Empire total focus. We wouldn’t have gotten the bizarre, somewhat out-of-character comedic turn that Rita and Zedd took in Season 4. The tone of Zeo would have remained consistently sci-fi and slightly more serious. The absence of Rita and Zedd would…
Connecting the Zeo Zords directly to the Ninja Zords would have provided a beautiful sense of continuity. Instead of entirely new machines, the Zeo Zords would have felt like an evolution, built from the scraps of the Falconzord and the Ninja Zords that had served the team so well in Season 3. Billy’s role would…
King Mondo was built up as this massive, metallic juggernaut, but his early fights were often underwhelming. If the Zeo Rangers had found a way to destroy him in his debut, the Machine Empire would have collapsed into infighting immediately. It would have been a shocking subversion of the “new big bad” trope. With Mondo…