Mantis
Zyu2 #4
Clip #1
In forest, briefly upward angled, Yellow Ranger leaps in, and immediately begins doing a cartwheel, leading right into a pair of backwards handsprings.
[Fades in from black.]- Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- yellow ranger
Pan up close on Yellow Ranger, she crosses arms then spreads them out, looks from side to side, gives a gesture to the right, then turns and does a cyclone kick, punching up then center, before backflipping over, landing on all fours, getting up, spreading arms, then punching twice forth. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- yellow ranger
Side angle on Yellow Ranger, as she holds out fist, lowering it when noticing Mantis stepping out of the shadows to her right. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, yellow ranger
Yellow Ranger quickly holds arms in front of chest in a defensive manuever as she backs up a tad. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- yellow ranger
Mantis talks, motioning right forearm while doing so, then doing the same with his left, finally spreading both out in a pose. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis
Yellow Ranger poses fiercely with right arm up and left arm centered. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- yellow ranger
Mantis sees this, and thusly reaches right arm around nearby tree. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis
Close up of the thin tree trunk getting sparkily slashed in half by Mantis, causing the top half to fall. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis
Yellow Ranger alertly backflips out of the way of the falling tree, then poses. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- yellow ranger
Mantis readies arms then rushes forth over the downed tree. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis
Yellow Ranger dives and rolls under Mantis’s arm, turns and spins kicks arm away but then flips over it when the arm slashes at her. Yellow spins away from another slash, then ducks and rolls when Mantis sparkily slashes into another tree, before turning and sparkly slashing into Yellow, knocking her away. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, yellow ranger
Smoking-chested Yellow Ranger rolls to the feet of her approaching teammates, Pink comforting her, as Red steps ahead to confront the monster. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Sharp zoom in on Mantis, motioning arms up and down. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis
Red Ranger raises a fist and then is about to rush into action, when Yellow grabs him, stops him, then steps ahead of him. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Close on Mantis, who then leaps up, teleports to the near distance to our right, poses, then jumps and teleports across the grassy field to the left, poses, then jumps and teleports to the far center, poses, then jumps and teleports away.
[Teleportation effect added.]- Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis
The team remains in place, stepping forth in shock at the disappearance of the monster. Yellow looks down, clenching fist to chest and seeming disappointed. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
In quarry, Yellow Ranger faces Mantis, who’s off in the distance. Slowly, both in fighting stances, each switches a few steps to their left, remaining focused on one another. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, yellow ranger
Reverse angle, over Mantis’s left shoulder, as Yellow Ranger in distance points, gestures to chest, spreads arms, then resumes posing. Both then take a wide step to their left. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, yellow ranger
Mantis throws arms up, then charges forth during zoom in. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis
Yellow Ranger gets down on a knee and spreads out to pose, before getting back up and charging forth during zoom in. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- yellow ranger
Close on Mantis’s feet as they race across the quarry. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis
Close on Yellow Ranger’s feet as they race across the quarry. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- yellow ranger
Zoom in as Mantis and Yellow Ranger race at one another, the Ranger cyclone kicking the monster, who ducks. She then dives and handsprings over away from Mantis’s attempt to strike, only to get kicked by him. Mantis then swipes at her, she dives and rolls, gets into a crouch, and both pose at each other. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, yellow ranger
Close on Mantis, crossing arms in quarry, then walks forth with a slash of the right arm. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis
Mantis slashes Yellow Ranger sparkily in the chest, then tries to kick into her, but she dives and rolls, getting up and cyclone kicking his arm away, dodging another strike, but getting sparkily slashed by the other arm in return. Yellow spins back around, and finds Mantis charging with both arms grabbing at her from each side, barely grabbing them and holding their sharp edges back away from her. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, yellow ranger
On the ground, Yellow Ranger points ahead, then scrambles back to her feet and poses defensively. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- yellow ranger
Mantis raises arms, then crosses them while pushing into the screen. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis
Close on Yellow Ranger as she crosses arms then leaps up. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- yellow ranger
Just as Mantis brings arms together, Yellow Ranger flips onto them. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis, yellow ranger
Close-up of Yellow Ranger’s feet landing atop Mantis’s crossed arms. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis, yellow ranger
With her knees almost in his face, Mantis is flabbergasted upon seeing Yellow Ranger standing atop his crossed blade-arms, unable to break free. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, yellow ranger
Yellow Ranger does mantis-style hand gestures, and scratch-smacks Mantis’s face. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, yellow ranger
Close-up of Yellow Ranger’s feet as she flips up off Mantis’s crossed arms. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis, yellow ranger
Yellow Ranger kicks Mantis’s face as she backflips off his arms. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, yellow ranger
Second take, on Yellow kicking Mantiss’ face as she backflips off his arms. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis, yellow ranger
Third different take, as Yellow Ranger kicks Mantis’s face as she backflips off his arms. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, yellow ranger
Zoom out from Yellow Ranger as she lands and poses, while Mantis falls onto his back, then gets back up. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, yellow ranger
Mantis rises up, then spreads out arms. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis
Five Putties rush up behind and flip over Mantis’s outstretched arms. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis, putty patrol
Yellow Ranger finds herself surrounded by Seven Putties, who then begin to race around her in a circle. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Close on a Putty as it makes a few intimidating arm gestures, then dashes forth, pan right past the other six Putties. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
The circle of Putties suddenly closes in on Yellow Ranger all at once, trapping her beneath them.
[Fades to black.]- Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Close on Putty swiping Ballhand at the screen.
[Fades in from black.]- Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Yellow Ranger is knocked out of the center of the Putty huddle, flipping over and hitting the ground, before rolling away and backing up. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- putty patrol, yellow ranger
Close on Mantis, waving arms up and down while laughing. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis
Close on Yellow Ranger getting up on her feet in a crouch, keeping her arm out defensively. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- yellow ranger
Close on Mantis, motioning right arm forth, then spreading both out and up. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis
Zoom in past defeated Putty as Yellow Ranger leaps up. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- putty patrol, yellow ranger
Yellow Ranger leaps up into the air, and holds fingers in mantis-style gesture. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- yellow ranger
Yellow Ranger jumps past Mantis, kicking down into his shoulder as she passes, causing him to turn in a daze. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, yellow ranger
Zoom out as Yellow Ranger lands in a crouch, Mantis comes close, so she spins around and kicks behind his knee, he spins, so she kicks behind his other knee. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, yellow ranger
Close-up of Mantis’s abdomen as Yellow Ranger rapidly strikes it with her mantis-style gestured hands. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, yellow ranger
Zoom out from Power Dagger as Yellow Ranger prepares it, then uncrouches as she strikes in a Mantis-style way. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, power daggers, yellow ranger
Zoom out as Yellow Ranger leaps up, sparkily slashes Mantis with Power Dagger, then spins around and poses as he falls and rolls. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, power daggers, yellow ranger
As her teammates rush up and get in formation behind her, Yellow Ranger spreads arms out, then poses with Power Dagger.
[Fades in from white.]- Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Close on Mantis as he suddenly jerks back to face our right. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis
Pink Ranger leaps up and fires arrow from Power Bow. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- pink ranger, power bow
Mantis swats the arrow out of the air with left arm. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Close on Pink Ranger as she switches Power Bow around into use as a blunt object as she descends. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- pink ranger, power bow
Mantis sparkily slashes through Pink Ranger’s chest as she flips over him. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis, pink ranger, power bow
Zoom out sharply as Pink Ranger lands on her back, rolls over as the three male Rangers regroup around her, then pose, before rushing off to fight. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Mantis ducks under Red Ranger’s kick, blocks Black’s kick before sparkily slashing him off, turns, blocks Blue’s kick then sparkily slashes him off, then smacks Red’s kicking leg away. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- black ranger, blue ranger, mantis, red ranger
Closer as Mantis blocks Red Ranger’s punch, then sparkily slashes him down, causing the Ranger to roll away. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, red ranger
Mantis grows gigantic amid fading updraft of smoke. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- make my monster grow, mantis
Close on Red Ranger as he gestures fist across chest, nod-talks, then zoom out as he and his teammates all raises their right arms and summon to the skies. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
As dust blows in near his feet, Mantis stands poised, motioning arms up, then down, menacingly. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis
Facing each other across the battlefield, Mantis and Megazord stand frozen, as dust blows past them, from our right to left. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Zoom out from Mantis’s feet as he slowly moves to our right, one leg over the other, arms up, while the Megazord looms in the foreground. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Reverse angle, as Mantis poses in place, while Megazord steps forth, gets in a battle ready stance, and the dust blows in. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Close on Mantis’s feet, as he finally scrapes right foot across the dirt in a half circle, before bringing his feet together and leaping. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis
Mantis leaps up into the sky, gets poised and slashes right arm forth. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis
Mantis lands both sharp arms into Megazord’s chest sparkily, then clenching arms around Megazord’s sides, only to have it defend with its own arms, locking the pair. After a shift to the side, they break off. Mantis then kicks and is blocked, Megazord dodges the monster’s next hit, until Mantis twists around and sparkily slashes it away. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Pan up from Megazord’s stumbling-back feet, chest smoking, before finally posing battle ready. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- megazord
Zoom out as Megazord catches Power Sword in right hand, then poses battle ready with it. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- megazord, megazord power sword
Mantis rushes up, he and Megazord lock arm & sword, before breaking off, turning around, they clash weapon to arm again, before Mantis sparkily slashes Megazord in the chest. During all this, the camera is tracking around to the left. Mantis raises both arms and slices downward, prompting Megazord to lift the sword horizontally to block. They struggle, shift positions, and finally break off, just so the monster can sparkily slash the Megazord in the chest again. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, megazord, megazord power sword
Close on Mantis, readying arms up, then leaping with them poised. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis
Mantis lands both arms downward into Megazord’s horizontally held Power Sword, until it uses the leverage to toss him away. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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- mantis, megazord, megazord power sword
Megazord flips Mantis completely over. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, megazord, megazord power sword
Zoom out as Mantis falls, rolls, and gets back up in a daze. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis
Megazord raises sword up, then steps forth and prepares to slash. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- megazord, megazord power sword
Megazord sparkily slashes into Mantis, then does it again as it passes by him, before turning and stopping, facing us. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, megazord, megazord power sword
Close on Mantis, as he nervously stumbles back. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis
Zoom out as a pinkish energy slash cuts across Mantis, causing him to blue sparkle and yellow pulse ring, before spinning about as pinkish electricity crackles. He falls, a blue flare erupts, and he explodes massively. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
- Tags:
- mantis, power sword slash
Blackened smoke from a fireball wafts upward over brief but bright burst of sparks, leaving a small, lingering fire in the spacious wilderness. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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