Zyu2 Clip Directory
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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
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
Mantis sees this, and thusly reaches right arm around nearby tree. - Appears In:
- Plague of the 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
Mantis readies arms then rushes forth over the downed tree. - Appears In:
- Plague of the 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
Sharp zoom in on Mantis, motioning arms up and down. - 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
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
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
Mantis throws arms up, then charges forth during zoom in. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Close on Mantis’s feet as they race across the quarry. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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
Close on Mantis, crossing arms in quarry, then walks forth with a slash of the right arm. - Appears In:
- Plague of the 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
Mantis raises arms, then crosses them while pushing into the screen. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Just as Mantis brings arms together, Yellow Ranger flips onto them. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Close-up of Yellow Ranger’s feet landing atop Mantis’s crossed arms. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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
Yellow Ranger does mantis-style hand gestures, and scratch-smacks Mantis’s face. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Close-up of Yellow Ranger’s feet as she flips up off Mantis’s crossed arms. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Yellow Ranger kicks Mantis’s face as she backflips off his arms. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Second take, on Yellow kicking Mantiss’ face as she backflips off his arms. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Third different take, as Yellow Ranger kicks Mantis’s face as she backflips off his arms. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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
Mantis rises up, then spreads out arms. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Five Putties rush up behind and flip over Mantis’s outstretched arms. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Close on Mantis, waving arms up and down while laughing. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Close on Mantis, motioning right arm forth, then spreading both out and up. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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
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
Close-up of Mantis’s abdomen as Yellow Ranger rapidly strikes it with her mantis-style gestured hands. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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
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
Close on Mantis as he suddenly jerks back to face our right. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Mantis swats the arrow out of the air with left arm. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Mantis sparkily slashes through Pink Ranger’s chest as she flips over him. - 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
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
Mantis grows gigantic amid fading updraft of smoke. - 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
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
Mantis leaps up into the sky, gets poised and slashes right arm forth. - Appears In:
- Plague of the 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
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
Close on Mantis, readying arms up, then leaping with them poised. - Appears In:
- Plague of the 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
Megazord flips Mantis completely over. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
Zoom out as Mantis falls, rolls, and gets back up in a daze. - Appears In:
- Plague of the Mantis
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
Close on Mantis, as he nervously stumbles back. - Appears In:
- Plague of the 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
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