Commander Crayfish
Zyu2 #14
Clip #1
Quick zoom out as five Rangers pose on the rocky beach. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Commander Crayfish stands between his four Putties, making a step as they do their usual movements. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Side angle on the Rangers, as Red drops his pose, looks around at his teammates briefly, nod-talking. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Close on Commander Crayfish as he glances from side to side, then raises his right claw. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- commander crayfish
Sharp zoom in, as pair of Putties pull Badges of Darkness from belt buckles, and raise them up. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- putty patrol
Sharp zoom in, as the other pair of Putties pull Badges of Darkness from belt buckles, and raise them up. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- putty patrol
Close side angle on four Putties, as they whip their Badges around, mimicking the Rangers’ morphing gestures. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- putty patrol
The four Putties finish the morphing gestures, as energy flashes erupt from their Badges, while Crayfish stands in the center.
[White flashes added.]- Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Close-up of a Badge of Darkness, each of the five Ranger colored lights blinking, followed by a burst of white energy from the center orb, as the back background soon brightly shimmers blue.
[White energy added; gray surface altered to remove design.]- Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom out from Black as the four Mutant Rangers pose with Commander Crayfish. Close on Commander Crayfish as he does Red Ranger’s pose. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- commander crayfish
Close on Blue Mutant Ranger, posing. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- blue mutant ranger
Close on Yellow Mutant Ranger, posing. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- yellow mutant ranger
Close on Black Mutant Ranger, posing. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- black mutant ranger
Close on Pink Mutant Ranger, posing. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- pink mutant ranger
Commander Crayfish and the four Mutant Rangers do their group pose. Side angle on the regular Rangers, stepping forth and looking around at each other confused, Pink walking ahead of Red, nod-talking and gesturing arms. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom out from Commander Crayfish as he motions claws, then does a pose, causing the four Mutant Rangers to raise fists. Close side angle on Commander Crayfish and the Mutant Rangers bringing their feet together and jumping up. Commander Crayfish, Black, Blue, Yellow, and Pink Mutant Rangers flip over the camera under a blue, sunny sky. Close on Commander Crayfish holding out sword. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- commander crayfish
Commander Crayfish leaps up at a side angle, slashing sword downward as shot zooms in. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- commander crayfish
As Commander Crayfish & Red Ranger clash swords in foreground, each Ranger fights their Mutant Ranger double all over the battlefield in the back. Yellow Ranger leaps up and poises arms to attack. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- yellow ranger
Yellow Mutant Ranger leaps up and poises arms to attack. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- yellow mutant ranger
Yellow Ranger and Yellow Mutant Ranger leap up at each other in mid-air. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Skyward shot of Yellow Rangers facing off in mid-air, each punch and strike countered by the exact same move, until both break off. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Yellow Ranger & Yellow Mutant Ranger flip back the way they each came. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom out as Yellow Rangers land, both then diving and rolling past one another. Mutant Ranger turns just as Ranger begins to do a kick. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Close on Black Mutant Ranger as he punches into the camera. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- black mutant ranger
Zoom out as Black Ranger roundhouse kicks at Black Mutant, whose punch is blocked by it, then does the same to him, blocking the Ranger’s punch. Then they both grab each other’s arms for a hold, switch positions, break off, then kick each other in succession, then punch, each blow returned exactly. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Blue Ranger backhands Blue Mutant Ranger, who blocks, grabs his arm, they switch positions, they break off, and the Ranger gut punches him. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Skyward angle, of Blue Ranger’s punch being blocked, Blue Mutant Ranger’s punch being blocked, the Ranger’s kneeing is blocked, the Mutant Ranger’s kneeing is blocked, then the Ranger thrusts both arms out, blocking the Mutant’s similar strike, before the Ranger suddenly jabs both fists into his gut, knocking him off. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Pan up from the falling and rolling Blue Mutant Ranger, as the two Pink Rangers handspring past each other, Pink Mutant Ranger kicking, Pink Ranger blocks, spinning punches, the Mutant Ranger ducks, the Ranger does a roundhouse, the Mutant Ranger dives and rolls, then rises and blocks the Ranger’s chop as shot zooms in. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Side angle on Green Ranger leaping up and flipping over to our left as shot zooms in.
[Fades in from white.]- Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- green ranger
Green Ranger leaps at the camera, kicking right leg forth. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- green ranger
Commander Crayfish gets kicked away by Green Ranger’s foot. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Commander Crayfish falls and rolls, getting up in a bit of a daze. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- commander crayfish
Zoom out as Green Ranger lands in front of Red, posing defensively between him and Commander Crayfish. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom out as Commander Crayfish shakes sword, then spreads arms, causing the Green Mutant Ranger to teleport in via a green cloud, then posing in front of the monster.
[Green energy effects added.]- Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom out as Green Ranger whips out Dragon Dagger and holds it outward, rushing forth while Red reaches out in protest. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Green Mutant Ranger charges from Crayfish with Sword of Darkness held forth. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Green Mutant Ranger clashes Sword of Darkness against Green Ranger’s Dragon Dagger twice, they lock together, then break off, the Ranger doing a reverse roundhouse, blocked by the sword, then they clash weapons again, but this time, the Mutant Ranger sparkily slashes the Ranger. Green Mutant Ranger kicks, Green Ranger dodges, the Mutant Ranger kicks, he dodges again then backhands him, next dodges the Mutant’s sword thrust, smacks the sword upward with the dagger, then sparkily slashes the Mutant Ranger away with the dagger. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Green Mutant Ranger falls and rolls, getting up as Commander Crayfish and the Mutant Rangers regroup in front of him, weapons in hand. Zoom out as Green Ranger points forth, nod-talks, gestures to chest, while his teammates regroup behind him. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom out as Commander Crayfish motions claw, then he and all the Mutant Rangers pose with their Mutant Weapons. The six Power Rangers shift about nervously, Red & Green exchanging glances. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom out from the combined Mutant Blaster, as the Mutant Rangers stand in position, raising arms as it fires a yellow beam to our right. The six Power Rangers can bearely react when a massive fireball bursts right in front of them, knocking them all off their feet. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom out as Commander Crayfish steps in front of Mutant Rangers, raising his claws and shaking them victoriously. Red Ranger slowly crawls up to a crouch, zoom out as he suddenly looks at his left wrist, nods after a moment, the team finishes standing up, he looks around and talks, then all spread out arms, crossing them in front of chest, as they teleport away from the scene.
[Teleportation effect added.]- Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Commander Crayfish leaps up and at camera during zoom in, holding out sword. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- commander crayfish
Red Ranger leaps up and at camera during zoom in, holding out Power Sword. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- power sword, red ranger
Commander Crayfish & Red Ranger sparkily slash each other as they pass in mid-air. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom out as they land facing away, they turn, clash swords, Red thrusts, Crayfish dodges, Red roundhouse kicks, it’s blocked, they lock swords against each other’s shoulder, Red pushes him back a few feet, then both sparkily slice one another, breaking off, smoking, facing each other again. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Green Ranger gets sparkily slashed by Green Mutant’s Sword of Darkness, but blocks his second slash with his Dragon Dagger, then breaks off their blade lock, kicks the Mutant Ranger, then sparkily slashes him as he passes by, both turning to face one another. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom out from the clashing axes, as Black Mutant Ranger kicks high, Black Ranger rolls under, gets up, blocks the Mutant Axe with his Power Axe, then sparkily slashes him down. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Close on Blue Ranger twirling Power Lance from side to side, then raising it for action. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- blue ranger, power lance
Close on Blue Mutant Ranger twirling Mutant Lance from side to side, then raising it for action. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- blue mutant ranger
The two Blue Rangers clash lances, then spin, then do it twice more, before the Ranger kicks, it’s dodged, the Mutant Ranger thrusts Mutant Lance at the Ranger’s waist, and though he keeps from getting stabbed, he is flipped over by it. Sudden pan right, to Yellow Mutant Ranger cartwheeling over Yellow Ranger’s footsweep, who then gets up and handsprings after the backflipping Mutant. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Close on Yellow Ranger, pan up as she lands, spins around, and slashes Power Daggers at the screen. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- power daggers, yellow ranger
Zoom out, as Yellow Ranger spins at the approaching Yellow Mutant, sparkily slashing her in the chest, then blocking the mutant’s own dagger slash, knocking away her hand, only to have the Mutant Ranger twirl and sparkily slash her over into a flip when her guard is down. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom in as Pink Ranger leaps up and fires arrow from Power Bow to our left. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- pink ranger, power bow
Zoom in as Pink Mutant Ranger leaps up and fires arrow from Mutant Bow to our right. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- pink mutant ranger
Zoom in as leaping Pink Ranger is sparkily struck in the chest by arrow. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- pink ranger, power bow
Zoom in as leaping Pink Mutant Ranger is sparkily struck in the chest by arrow. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- pink mutant ranger
Zoom out as the two Pink Rangers fall to the ground, far across from one another, each sitting up and looking the other with bows raised. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom out as the Pink Mutant Ranger gets up, and joins her teammates as Commander Crayfish and the Mutant Rangers regroup around her. Zoom out as the Pink Ranger gets up, and joins her teammates as the other five Rangers regroup around her. Commander Crayfish crosses claws, then poses with sword, the Mutant Rangers also posing with their Mutant Weapons. Red Ranger raise a fist, nods, then raises sword, the other Rangers then posing with their Power Weapons. The combined Power Blaster is lowered, zoom out as the five Rangers, with Green in the back for support, stand together, helping Red to brace it. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
The combined Mutant Blaster is lowered, zoom out as the four Mutant Rangers, with Green in the back for support, stand together, helping Crayfish to brace it. Distant side angle shot of the two teams of Rangers facing off across from one another in the quarry area. Upward angle on Commander Crayfish and the Mutant Rangers, holding Mutant Blaster, motioning arms forth. Close side angle on the six Power Rangers aiming Power Blaster, and motioning arms. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
The Mutant Blaster fires its orange beam, as the Power Blaster fires its purple beam, both colliding between the two Ranger teams, until the superior firepower of the Power Blaster overtakes the Mutant Rangers’, pushing back against them and erupting into a massive explosion. Launched into the air by the explosion behind them, the Yellow & Pink Mutant Rangers flail about as fall off-screen. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Commander Crayfish and the three male Mutant Rangers fall to the ground amid the smoke, the monster the only one to fully rise back up. Commander Crayfish grows gigantic amid fading updraft of smoke. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Blue, Green, and Black Mutant Rangers grows gigantic amid fading updraft of smoke. The six Rangers take a step back after seeing what’s to our upper left, then turn, all except Green, raising hands to upper right and summoning. Zoom in on Green Ranger as he turns from looking at our upper left, to looking at the upper right, whipping out Dragon Dagger and playing it like a flute. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants, An Oyster Stew, The Mutiny Part III
Megazord & Dragonzord walk into frame from opposite sides of the screen, then turn forward and pose battle ready, then slowly march to our slight left as shot zooms in. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- dragonzord, megazord
Zoom out as Commander Crayfish and the three Mutant Rangers spread out and pose with weapons, the monster makes a gesture and they all charge forth. Zoom out as Commander Crayfish & Megazord lock arm-in-arm, while Dragonzord blocks Black Mutant’s passing axe swipe, whips tail back to block Green Mutant’s Sword of Darkness jab, then blocks Blue Mutant’s split-lance side slicing by spreading arms, spinning and tail-smacking him away, dodging Black’s next pass, then posing. Closer angle on Commander Crayfish as he slices sword down against Megazord’s chest sparkily, then raises sword to attack the staggering-back Megazord. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- commander crayfish, megazord
Close on Megazord blocking sword with left forearm, then pounding down the monster’s hand, before sparkily bopping Commander Crayfish away. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- commander crayfish, megazord
As Black Mutant Ranger backs up, Green Mutant Ranger slashes Dragonzord sparkily, then tries to repeat the strike, but gets his sword arm grabbed, allowing the Zord to fling him away. Green Mutant Ranger falls and rolls, as Black & Blue regroup, pose side-by-side, then jump up. Black & Blue Mutant Rangers leap up into the sky, zoom in as they kick forth. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Close on Dragonzord’s chestplate spark bursting when kicked by both Black & Blue Mutant Ranger’s feet. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Pan up from his staggering-back feet, as Dragonzord jerks arms about then sharply turns to his right and whips tail around. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Close on Black Mutant Ranger getting sparkily struck by Dragonzord’s tail, sending him falling and rolling. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Dragonzord turns to his left, whipping tail across the screen. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Close on Blue Mutant Ranger getting sparkily smacked by Dragonzord’s tail. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom out as Blue falls and rolls, his teammates regrouping around him. Commander Crayfish motions claw then spreads arms, Green Mutant Ranger steps in front of him and does some hand movements, before crouching down and putting arms back and downward. Zoom in as Black & Blue join Green in this position, grabbing an arm each and bracing against his shoulders, as Crayfish steps forth to them. Zoom in as Crayfish puts his left foot on the connected left hand of Green and right of Blue. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom in as Crayfish puts his right foot on the connected right hand of Green and left of Black. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom out as Commander Crayfish is lifted up by the three Mutant Rangers, before the dumbfounded Dragonzord & Megazord. Slow zoom in as Commander Crayfish gestures sword, causing the Mutant Ranger trio he’s hoisted upon to charge forth. Megazord & Dragonzord are marching forth, when they run right into the Mutant Ranger chariot, knocking them both back. They press forth once again, both shoving the Mutant Ranger trio back a few steps, before the Mutant Rangers regain the ground and shove the Zords back even farther. Close on Dragonzord’s feet as they stagger back. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- dragonzord
Close on Megazord’s feet as they stagger back. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- megazord
Close on Green & Blue Mutant Rangers’ legs as they step forth then kick their left and right legs forth, respectively. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Close on Megazord’s waist getting kicked back by Green & Blue Mutant Rangers’ feet. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Close on Black & Green Mutant Rangers’ legs as they kick their right legs forth. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Close on Dragonzord’s chestplate getting kicked back by Green & Black Mutant Rangers’ feet. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Zoom out as Commander Crayfish uncrosses and spreads arms, causing Green Mutant Ranger to do the same beneath him, unleashing green electricity bolts from his chest. Megazord & Dragonzord get chest-bursted by sparks, leading to a bright flash explosion in front of them. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- dragonzord, megazord
As flash fades, side angle on staggering-back Megazord & Dragonzord, amid the smoke. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- dragonzord, megazord
Direct, close angle on Megazord & Dragonzord finishing their stumble back. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- dragonzord, megazord
Commander Crayfish whips his sword in the air, then points it forth, causing his Mutant chariot to charge ahead once more. Dragonzords steps forth, jerkings arms as Megazord looks at him. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
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- dragonzord, megazord
Zoom in as Megazord jumps into Titanus’s already-ready and open back cavity. - Appears In:
- Mighty Morphin’ Mutants
Close on Crayfish as he suddenly spreads arms and gestures for his Mutant chariot to back up. Close on Commander Crayfish as he gets a fireball burst superimposed over him and the Mutant chariot, flaring out. Ground level angle, as Commander Crayfish, and the Green, Blue, and Black Mutant Rangers collapse, before suddenly exploding massively in a cloud of smoke.
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