Rita smiles wickedly and points with her right hand while shouting.
Original: Camera fades to black in to commercial break
Reversion: Before fade to black begins, slight zoom in on Rita as she stands by fire and holds up Magic Wand, peering through center while casting spell. Camera zooms out from outlined frame to show it as if part of an old-fashioned storybook. Camera pans right to frame with zoom out from eyes as Knasty Knight poses with sword, shot freezing at end with Knasty Knight roughly cut out from background with textured, rising flames. Camera pans right to frame of Black Ranger jumping through the air, pulling Power Axe over head with both hands and spreading legs out, shot freezing at end with Black Ranger cut out from background with textured black radial starburst. Camera pans right to frame of Knasty Knight leaping up and at camera with sword drawn, shot freezing at end with Knasty Knight cut out from purple background with exploding smoke/dust cloud emerging from behind. Entire shot catches fire from center and burns away to black in to commercial break.
As Jason speaks in the left foreground, back-to-camera, Ernie listens intently while standing behind Youth Center Juice Bar, first nodding and then shaking head, then talking briefly before turning and walking away. Shot of Jason and Billy at Juice Bar, turning to each other and laughing. Shot of Kimberly shaking head briefly in disbelief, turning head to right then back, all while tying a balloon. Still smiling, Jason turns away from Billy as both walk away from the Juice Bar.
Reversion: Last frame of first shot cut. Second, third, and fourth shots cut in their entirety.
Holding each other’s hands, Skull talks to Trini as she slowly walks him backwards, Skull finally bumping into table holding buckets of paint and falling onto it, causing it to collapse and him to fall down.
Reversion: A comic-style “Crash!” in red-lettering appears as Skull completes his fall, shakes a little, and then falls off-screen, letter-by-letter.
Bulk runs almost face-first into a support pole.
Reversion: A comic-style “KLANG!” in yellow-lettering and a yellow starbust appears as Bulk hits the pole, the starburst quickly shrinking away.
Bulk falls backward into a large open box full of inflated balloons.
Reversion: Seven comic-style “POP!”’s in assorted colored starbursts grow and shrink away sequentially as Bulk falls.
Getting up off of the collapsed table, a now enraged Skull stands up and rushes forward and to our right, off-screen.
Reversion: After standing up, shot freezes briefly with background fading to black with light streaks as horizontal red laser beam rises to top third of screen revealing text, “Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch” and “Weapons: Whiny Laugh, Zord: Mega Bootlicker”.
Billy quickly opens the door to his blue cake mix-filled Cake-O-Matic just before Skull runs head-first into it.
Reversion: A comic-style “SPLOOSH!” in blue lettering in a blue bubble starburst grows and shrinks away over the middle of the screen.
Static shot of page in monster designs book with Knasty Knight drawing on it. Tarmac 3’s finest warrior fights Knasty Knight in heated battle, axe to sword. Zoom in on Rita pointing anxiously at book and talking.
Original: First shot fades into second shot. Second shot fades into third shot.
Reversion: First shot lingers longer on drawing of Knasty Knight then fades into second shot in frame as if part of an old-fashioned storybook.
Zoom out from his eyes as Knasty Knight poses with sword.
Original: Camera fades to black in to commercial break.
Reversion: Shot freezes at end with Knasty Knight roughly cut out from background with textured, rising flames.
Zoom in as Knasty Knight leaps up and at camera with sword drawn.
Reversion: With Knasty Knight at the zenith of his leap, shot briefly freezes with Knasty Knight cut out from purple background with exploding smoke/dust cloud emerging from behind.
Zoom out from Black Ranger’s helmet as he holds up smoking Power Axe and readies to leap.
Reversion: Before readying to leap, shot briefly freezes with Black Ranger roughtly cut out from textured black background with “BLACK RANGER” printed to the right, rotating slightly.
Black Ranger jumps through the air, pulling Power Axe over head with both hands and spreading legs out.
Reversion: With Black Ranger at the zenith of his leap, shot briefly freezes with Black Ranger cut out from background with textured black radial starburst.
Rita smiles and laughes maniacally, then fades away atop cliff. As Alpha works diligently on console, Zordon talks, shifting head right and left.
Reversion: Commercial break inserted between two scenes.
Red Ranger comes into view, raises left fist, then holds up Bladeblaster against left forearm, sharp zoom out to show fellow Rangers copying him as they hold their Bladeblasters outward with right hands.
Reversion: Scene freezes on last frame with Rangers and the ground cut out from background with moving white-dotted sky with green curves moving about. Runs an additional 60 frames.
Tyrannosaurus Dinozord’s head slowly rises from the molten red ground. Close up of Tyrannosaurus Dinozord’s hands as it rises up. Tyrannosaurus Dinozord rises up above flames and smoke, facing us.
Reversion: Comic-style narration box slides in on lower left, reading “Red Ranger Tyrannosaurus!”.
Mastodon Dinozord surfaces from its icy domain. Mastodon Dinozord exhales its icy breath.
Reversion: Comic-style narration box slides in on lower left, reading “Black Ranger Mastodon!”.
Triceratops Dinozord appears within the sands of the desert. Triceratops Dinozord raises its head and opens mouth while driving through the dusty desert.
Reversion: Comic-style narration box slides in on lower left, reading “Blue Ranger Triceratops!”.
Close up of Sabertooth Tiger Dinozord’s legs running through jungle. Sabertooth Tiger Dinozord sprints through the jungle. Sabertooth Tiger Dinozord opens its mouth in a close up. Sabertooth Tiger Dinozord leaps out of the greenery.
Reversion: Comic-style narration box slides in on lower left, reading “Yellow Ranger Sabertooth Tiger!”.
Pterodactyl Dinozord soars upwards amid lava lights. Pterodactyl Dinozord flies straight up out of now-active volcano. Pterodactyl Dinozord raises and lowers head while continuing to fly amid molten lava lights. Pterodactyl Dinozord flies out of the smoking volcano and disturbs trees as it reaches them.
Reversion: Comic-style narration box slides in on lower left, reading “Pink Ranger Pterodactyl!”. Last frame missing narration box.
Megazord Tank Mode folds up into body of the standing Megazord. Pterodactyl soars downward.
Reversion: Multiple white beams emerge from center behind the now-standing Megazord and rotate clockwise as a static fireball rises from bottom-to-top in front of a yellow, roughly-painted surface. First shot runs twenty-five frames longer. Second shot runs five frames longer.
At a party at the Youth Center, Zack dances and twirls. Jason also dances and twirls. Wide shot showing the entire dance. Medium on guitar player. Shot of teens dancing. Medium on drummer. Kimberly dances, looking up. Billy and Ernie struggle with the overflowing Cake-O-Matic. Pan up from feet of Jason and Kimberly dancing together. Medium on Zack showing off his moves, surrounded by others. Billy and Ernie continue to struggle with the overflowing Cake-O-Matic.
Reversion: End credits run over bottom half of frame during final scenes of the episode, rather than the :30 second outro.
Wide shot showing the entire dance, Zack dancing front and center, then jumping up and clicking heels together. Freeze frame. Fade to black.
Original: After freeze frame, Executive Producers credit fades in over center of frame.
Reversion: End credits continue running over bottom half of frame. Zack is cut out from background mid-jump, with the rest of the scene narrowed to the middle third of the screen, all as a yellow streak moves about.
| Airing | “Today on Power Rangers” | Opening Credits | Episode | Ending Credits | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original | 00:30 | 01:02 | 18:45 | 00:31 | 20:48 |
| Reversion | 00:30 | 01:02 | 18:57 | 00:04 | 20:34 |
Thanks to SirStack’s Morphylogeny (off-site link) for the use of some clip descriptions.