The Wheel of Fate
Episode Information
Power Rangers Turbo
Season 5

- DVD Available from
- Amazon.com (off-site link)
- Stream on
- Amazon Video (off-site link)
- Episode #
- 226
- Written by
- Jackie Marchand
- Directed by
- Blair Treu
- U.S. Premiere
- Monday, September 15, 1997
(on Fox Kids) - Total U.S. airings(disclaimer)
- 8
(list of airings) - Last U.S. airing
- Thursday, May 14, 1998
(on Fox Kids) - Tokusatsu footage
- Carranger # 20
- Footage analysis
- at SirStack’s Morphylogeny (off-site link)
- Previous Episode
- Stitch Witchery
- Next Episode
- Trouble by the Slice
- Villains
- Divatox, Dreadfeather, Elgar, Piranhatrons, Porto, Rygog
Mistakes
- The instructions had supposedly been to go down 20,000 leagues (or 70,000 miles down) in the Salton Sea, but the Earth as a whole isn’t even 16,000 miles wide. (00:13)
- Divatox found in a chest from the Salton Sea (in southern California) a map to the space cars - a map which had been missing for eons, but an illustration on the map showed the Turbine Laser mounted on the top of Storm Blaster and a C emblem on Storm Blaster’s side; when the space cars would be released in modern day, Storm Blaster’s side would initially be bare, and the Turbine Laser wouldn’t be introduced yet. (00:37)
- After first arriving on Earth, Lightning Cruiser had a small C emblem on its hood in some shots, but not in others. (03:00)
- When Lightning Cruiser and Storm Blaster sped straight for them as they were crossing a road, T.J. and Justin ran straight away from the cars rather than getting off the road. (04:15)
- Lightning Cruiser’s display looked identical to a Turbo Navigator display; below the menu bars was “Bowzock Search Mode / Mode A - Energy Emission Scan”. (10:16)
- When the Rangers morphed inside the Power Chamber, the morphing music was not in sync as the teens did not perform the usual hand motions prior to the stylized morphing sequence. (10:34)
- The Turbo RAM Cannon Mode’s blast didn’t cause any visible damage to a warehouse door. (12:54)
- As Storm Blaster was pulled out through the warehouse roof window by Lightning Cruiser, it had a C emblem on its side. (13:36)
- Storm Blaster’s seat belt pulled Justin into the driver seat, but upon flying through the windows of the warehouse, the seat belt was no longer secured. (13:38)
- As Lightning Cruiser transformed prior to landing after releasing Storm Blaster, it had a C emblem on its side. (13:57)
- T.J. knew Lightning Cruiser’s name without being told, but it’s possible Justin had heard the name from Dreadfeather and had told him on their drive. (15:40)
- Originally, there were only 2 motorcycle-riding Piranhatrons following Elgar and Dreadfeather in their car. However, during the battle, they split up, leaving 2 to attack the Red Ranger and 2 to attack the Blue Ranger. (16:42)
- There were multiple, visible holes in Dreadfeather’s torso’s right side. (16:46)
- Elgar seemed to be bailing out of his car before Green Ranger even drew his Auto Blaster. (18:29)
- One of the cars (likely Lightning Cruiser) seemed to communicate with the Rangers via horn instead of headlight pulses at the end of the episode - the only time the cars would ever do so. (20:12)
Credits
- Tracy Lynn Cruz as Ashley
- Blake Foster as Justin
- Patricia Ja Lee as Cassie
- Roger Velasco as Carlos
- Selwyn Ward as T.J.
- Carol Hoyt as Divatox
- Jason Narvy as Skull
- Paul Schrier as Bulk
- Gregg Bullock as Lt. Stone
- Action Director: Koichi Sakamoto
- Co-Producer: Paul F. Rosenthal
- Supervising Producer: Scott Page-Pagter
- Producer: Jonathan Tzachor
- Written by: Jackie Marchand
- Directed by: Blair Treu
- Executive Producers: Haim Saban, Shuki Levy
- Production Manager: Wendy Walters
- Director of Photography: Ilan Rosenberg
- Production Designer: Ellen Greenberg
- 1st Assistant Directors: Larry Kent Litton, Stephen Harrison
- 2nd Assistant Director: Cy Roscoe
- 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Sean McLin
- 2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Chris Auer
- Stunt Choreography: Alpha Stunts
- Special Effects: John Bordeaux
- Art Director: Steven R. Miller
- Assistant Art Director: Eric V. Clemons
- Prop Master: Mark Richardson
- Set Decorator: Julie Bolder
- Costume Designer: Danielle Baker
- Make-up & Hair Supervisor: Cynthia Laws
- Script Supervisor: Janee Hull-Page
- 2nd Unit Script Supervisor: Jody Blose
- Gaffer/Key Grip: Dennis Bishop
- 1st Assistant Camera: David Dechant
- Sound Mixer: Chuck Buch, C.A.S.
- Story Editor: Chip Lynn
- Assistant Story Editor: Jackie Marchand
- Production Coordinator: Leslie Silvey
- Assistant Production Coordinators: Shawn Tarkington, M. Faith Brooks
- Production Accountants: Brett Born, Susan Foster
- Casting: Julie Ashton
- Extras Casting: P.B.A. Casting
- Assistants to the Producers: Jennifer Cadenhead, Mark Rex Camphuis, Sage Ferguson, Nancy Kennedy, Suzi Shimoyama
- Donene Kistler as Alpha 6
- Kenny Graceson as Elgar
- Ed Neil as Rygog
- Katerina Luciani as the voice of Alpha 6
- David Umansky as the voice of Elgar
- Scott Page-Pagter as the voice of Porto
- Alexis Lang as the voice of Rygog
- Music by: Shuki Levy, Kussa Mahchi
- Executive in Charge of Music: Ron Kenan
- Music Producers: Kenneth Burgomaster, Jim Cushinery, Paul Gordon, Jeremy Sweet, Inon Zur
- Music Supervisor: David Ari Leon
- Music Editors: Drew DeAscentis, Elizabeth Magro
- Music Engineer: Barron Abramovitch
- 2nd Music Engineers: Jim DiJulio, Tim Gosselin
- Music Assistants: Tifany Christun, John Sperger
- Executive in Charge of Sound Operations: Clive H. Mizumoto
- Sound Supervisor: Doug Latislaw
- Re-Recording Mixers: Ed Suski, Tim Harsh
- Dialogue and Effects Editor: Charlene Banta
- ADR Director: David Walsh
- ADR Coordinator: Karen Carter
- ADR Recordist: Anne Britt Makebakken
- 2nd ADR Engineer: Michael McCarty
- ADR Writer: Scott Page-Pagter
- Visual Effects Director: Michael Puliatch
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Grant Monk
- Lead Artist: Jeff West
- Developed from “CAR RANGERS” by: Toei Company, Ltd.
- Some SFX Sequences by: Junichi Yajima
- Original Concepts by: Saburo Yatsude
- Executive in Charge of Post Production: Eric S. Rollman
- Post Production Coordinator: Allen Gentempo
- Editor: Richard Bracken
- Additional Editing: Billy DiCicco
- Assistant Editor: Joe Rockom
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Damon Harman
- Post Production Associate: Nick Dadon
- Post Production: Modern Videofilm
- Lab Services: Foto-Kem Industries
- Camera Package: Keslow Camera
- Grip/Lighting Equipment: Cinemobile
- Health Equipment Provided by: Health-O-Meter, Slush Puppie, Bunn Corp.
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