As Bulk spins Kimberly’s grandmother’s spinning wheel at increasing speed, the generated gust blows off Mr. Kaplan’s toupee, causing him to raise his hands to his head in shock.
Reversion: As the toupee begins to be blown away, a comic-style “Woosh!” in gray letters slides in from the left and then fades away.
Side close shot of entry door to the Youth Center, girl in purple, guy bouncing basketball, then running jock, each leaving, girl in jacket entering.
Reversion: Fade in starts later as first forty frames are cut.
In a classroom at Angel Grove High, Goldar and three Putties teleport in, surround Kimberly’s grandmother’s spinning wheel, and teleport away with it.
Reversion: The Putties’ teleportation effect has an added electrical effect.
Warning! The video clip above violates the three-flashes-per-second rule and as a result may cause seizures in those with photosensitive epilepsy.
Over a black backdrop, Kimberly’s grandmother’s spinning wheel spins. Transition to shot of Wheel of Destruction via static, lightning strikes, and white flashes. Transition to next shot via retracting circle of Kimberly sitting on stage at Youth Center Gym with head on right hand, pouting. Other four teens walk into shot and sit down and mimic her, which she soon realizes, smiling somewhat.
Reversion: Fade from black into first shot, spinning wheel surrounded with black over marble background. Wheel of Destruction emits faint blue light beams from tips. Fade to third shot is later and third shot starts cloudy and in black-and-white, slowly transitioning back to full color as Kimberly’s mood improves slightly.
Goldar talking to our left, raising sword and gesturing it about seven times, pointing with his left hand once near the end. Transitions into next shot via diagonal line effect. Pan up from Tommy’s feet as he walks over wooden bridge, stopping, looking around concernedly before looking up, slightly startled.
Reversion: Goldar’s eyes have an additional red glow. As Tommy begins looking around, black lines and a green glow surround his head, indicating a sixth sense, with the glow increasing as he sees the Putties (off-screen).
Tommy lands and poses ready.
Reversion: Near end, shot freezes with Tommy cut out from background as green energy waves flow out. Last eight frames cut. Runs 37 frames longer.
Tommy spins around and kicks a Putty in the gut, then poses ready as the camera quickly zooms in. Two Putties with intertwined hands alternate spinning each other, attempting to kick Tommy.
Reversion: Near end of zoom in, shot becomes slanted an a stylized Dragonzord Power Coin spins across the screen before stopping on the right, glowing briefly. Scene freezes briefly after coin stops. First eleven frames of second shot cut.
A stylized lightning bolt drops in from the top of the screen, causing lightning to crackle once it hits its final destination.
Original: Lightning bolt is from 1993 MMPR logo.
Reversion: Lightning bolt is from 2010 MMPR logo.
Original: Scorpina in monster form rises up while growing amid fading smoke.
Reversion: Scorpina grows into monster form as mist subsides. At the end, shot freezes with Scorpina cut-out from now-slanted frame background with growing, striped radial gradient and slowly filled in red splatter pattern. [Recycled from Green With Evil Part IV.]
Close on Scorpina opening her left claw hand.
Reversion: At the end, shot freezes with claw hand cut-out from now-slanted frame background with growing, striped radial gradient and single flash added to one claw tip. Runs 34 frames longer. [Recycled from Green With Evil Part IV.]
Close on Scorpina raising stinger tail up into air.
Reversion: At the end, shot freezes with stinger tail cut-out from now-slanted frame background with growing, striped radial gradient. Runs 31 frames longer. [Recycled from Green With Evil Part IV.]
The five Rangers roll to our right, get right back up, reach to the skies and summon their Zords.
Reversion: As Rangers roll in to view, first three (Red, Pink, and Black) are followed by Ranger-colored lines (red, pink, and white). As Rangers extend arms, similarly colored light beams extend upward from their hands. Before end of shot, Rangers are cut out from background which now has green, black, and white horizontal lines. The Rangers rotate slightly and shrink to the left as a large, black-and-white stylized “tribal coin” drops in from above on the right, glistening. Last 32 frames cut. Runs thirty frames longer.
Crack in the ground spreads open, releasing a fireball, shown from within the crack. Tyrannosaurus Dinozord’s head slowly rises from the molten red ground. Close up of Tyrannosaurus Dinozord’s hands as it rises up.
Reversion: Updated red comic-style narration box with stylized Tyrannosaurus Power Coin slides in on lower left, reading “Red Ranger Tyrannosaurus!”.
Mastodon Dinozord surfaces from its icy domain. Mastodon Dinozord exhales its icy breath. Close on Mastodon Dinozord’s feet as it begins to walk. Mastodon Dinozord stomps along the snowy surface.
Reversion: Updated black comic-style narration box with stylized Mastodon Power Coin slides in on lower left, reading “Black Ranger Mastodon!”. Alternate cuts of all four shots.
Triceratops Dinozord appears within the sands of the desert. Triceratops Dinozord wheels pass through the desert sands. Triceratops Dinozord raises its head and opens mouth while driving through the dusty desert.
Reversion: Updated blue comic-style narration box with stylized Triceratops Power Coin slides in on lower left, reading “Blue Ranger Triceratops!”. Alternate cuts of all three shots.
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: Updated yellow comic-style narration box with stylized Sabertooth Tiger Power Coin slides in on lower left, reading “Yellow Ranger Sabertooth Tiger!”. Alternate cut of first two shots. Third shot ends part-way through with second portion replaced with close-up on Sabertooth Tiger Dinozord roaring.
Pterodactyl Dinozord soars upwards amid lava lights. Pterodactyl Dinozord flies out of the smoking volcano and disturbs trees as it reaches them.
Reversion: Updated pink comic-style narration box with stylized Pterodactyl Power Coin slides in on lower left, reading “Pink Ranger Pterodactyl!”.
Zordon looking to our left slightly while talking. Transitions to next shot which is horizontally compressed within Zordon’s tube and then stretches back out to fill the frame. As camera pans, three Putties hover over Tommy’s backpack under a tree, Tommy soon shown tied to another tree in the distance.
Reversion: Additional commercial break inserted. First shot fades to black in to commercial break before original transition begins. Camera fades from black out of commercial break after original transition ends.
A stylized lightning bolt drops in from the top of the screen, causing lightning to crackle once it hits its final destination.
Original: Lightning bolt is from 1993 MMPR logo.
Reversion: Lightning bolt is from 2010 MMPR logo.
Close on bubbling water, as the head of the Dragonzord rises from beneath the waves.
Reversion: At the end, shot freezes in a slanted, shaking frame. Runs 31 frames longer. [Recycled from Green With Evil Part IV.]
Water sprays through the air as Dragonzord’s tail tip lifts up out of the sea and is flung at camera.
Reversion: Saturation of blue background is noticeably increased. Halfway through, shot freezes in a slanted, shaking frame with a striped, radial gradient in the background. Runs 38 frames longer. [Recycled from Green With Evil Part IV.]
Close up of Dragonzord’s upper body, as he reaches up while leaning back, spraying water everywhere. Far shot of Dragonzord standing in the unsettled waters behind the seaport, leaning back and reaching out.
Reversion: Updated green comic-style narration box with stylized Dragonzord Power Coin slides in on lower left, reading “Green Ranger Dragonzord!”. Ends one frame early.
Camera tracks left as Titanus rolls through misty marsh.
Reversion: A comic-style “TITANUS” in black letters slowly rises up from behind the trees and briefly glistens with a blue shine. [Recycled from Island of Illusion Part II.]
The Ultrazord stands completed in front of a massive fireball explosion.
Reversion: Updated white comic-style narration box with stylized “tribal coin” slides in on lower left, reading “ULTRAZORD!”.
Camera fades from black out of commercial break to shot of Bulk (as Rumpelstiltskin) and Skull (as masked jester) watching TV.
Reversion: Before returning from break, a bumper entitled “Bulk & Skull’s Greatest Hits”: title card drops in over scenes in school hallway from Teamwork. Shot of Bulk & Skull after switching brains from Switching Places. Comic-style writing reading “These hits take the cake... or pie!” overlays the first shot of the scene where Bulk chops a pie from For Whom the Bell Trolls. Shots from scene of Bulk & Skull arguing with the teens and Bulk rushing forward, tripping on a weight, and falling into a cake and later shoving some cake in Skull’s face from A Pressing Engagement. Shots from the beginning of the food fight from Food Fight. White-on-black card with comic-style writing reading “Time to split!”, with the spacing between letters of the last word growing over time. Shot of Bulk & Skull running down the airport runway from Foul Play in the Sky. Camera fades to black. Runs for over fifty seconds in total. [Entire segment recycled from The Trouble with Shellshock.]
As Bulk bends over, his pants rip.
Reversion: A comic-style “RIIIIIP!” in pink lettering covers the split, itself then ripping in half.
Audience laughs. Bulk attempts to cover tear in pants with a handful of straw as Skull reacts off stage and Kimberly covers her laughter. Other teens react backstage, as Bulk slowly backs away, left-to-right in front of the camera. Skull, with arm extended pointing and laughing, is pulled on-stage. Bulk picks Skull up. Kimberly, still laughing, turns to her right and stops when she realizes the audience is still watching. Panning shot of laughing audience.
Reversion: End credits run over bottom half of frame during final scenes of the episode, rather than the :30 second outro.
Kimberly, now on stage by herself, curtsies. Freeze frame.
Original: After freeze frame, Executive Producers credit fades in over center of frame. Fade to black at end.
Reversion: End credits continue running over bottom half of frame. After freeze frame, Kimberly’s grandmother’s spinning wheel is cloned and moves to overlay the center of the shot, wheel spinning. Six Ranger-colored, stylized Power Coins spin in from outside of the frame and attach themselves to the outside of the spinning wheel, which has gained a white glow. Red stylized curtain closes over original shot but behind active spinning wheel.
| Airing | “Today on Power Rangers” | Opening Credits | Episode | Ending Credits | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original | 00:30 | 01:02 | 18:00 | 00:31 | 20:04 |
| 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.