Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie

Bulk and Skull’s smiles fade quickly as they slide the door open and stare into the empty sky. “That’s a lot of air!” Skull shouts over the wind.

“After you, Skull,” Bulk prompts.

“What are you, crazy?” Skull asks. “This was your idea!”

“Hey guys,” comes Kimberly’s amused voice. “You might want to slip those on.” They face her and she points to a pair of parachutes.

“Good idea,” they answer in unison.

Kimberly laughs, and Billy checks his watch. “All right, guys,” he says. “Fifteen seconds to the drop zone.”

“Aisha, you’re on,” Tommy says.

“Yes!” Aisha exclaims as she steps forward. She shouts something as she jumps out of the plane fearlessly.

“On your tail!” Adam calls as he makes the jump.

“All systems go!” Billy shouts. Rocky follows with something unintelligible.

Tommy and Kimberly pause for a moment together before they jump, and Kimberly puts a hand on his shoulder. “Show me stuff,” she says.

“You got it,” he assures her. “Surf’s up!” He jumps out.

Kimberly gives a thumbs-up to Bulk and Skull. “Catch ya on the flip side,” she says, before back flipping out of the plane to join the others.

They put on an impressive show in the sky, where they learned it no one knows but they do really well, performing sequences and formations together effortlessly, and appearing to have the time of their lives as they do so.

--

Down below a large crowd is gathered in Angel Grove, and a voice speaks over the loudspeaker. “With Ryan’s comet only two days away, the Angel Grove jump-a-thon will breathe new live into the old observatory.” He continues with something I don’t understand, then continues. “And now, folks, raise your eyes to the skies, here comes the team from Angel Grove High!”

Everyone looks up as the teens appear in the air, cheering for them under a banner for the school. Among them are Fred and his dad, two people we’ve never met before but who apparently know the rangers well. Fred turns to his dad matter of factly. “All right, Dad,” he says. “Pay close attention. This is how the pros do it.”

“You mean I didn’t do so bad?” he asks, mock-hurt.

“You landed in the parking lot,” he states. “It was embarrassing.” His dad laughs a little and they turn back to the sky.

(I don’t understand most of what the announcer says in the following minute or so, so I’ll leave it for now. Let’s just say they all hit the red circle target. Yay!)

Tommy is the last one to land, and the crowd erupts into cheers and shouts as he hits the target. Fred and his dad run over to congratulate them all. “Looking good up there,” Fred says. He and Tommy slap hands.

“Thanks, man,” Tommy says with a smile. “Hey, maybe next time you could join us.”

“Really?” he asks before turning to his dad. “Could I?”

“Yeah, well we’ll talk about that Fred,” his dad says. “In about ten or twelve years, all right?” Tommy laughs a little and Fred’s dad (lets call him . . . Doug, for now) turns to him. “Hey, congratulations, Tommy. The observatory just got a new lease on life.” He shakes Tommy’s hand. “It was great, huh?”

“That was awesome, Tommy,” Billy says.

“Great,” Kimberly says.

“Wonderful,” Aisha adds.

Tommy laughs. “Thanks guys, you too, man.”

“Hey,” Billy says, looking up at the sky. “Has anybody seen Bulk and Skull?”

They all look up. “Ernie’s is serving a free dessert with lunch,” Aisha notes. “They probably landed on the roof.” They all laugh.

--

Back on the plane, the pilot is getting impatient. “You guys better hurry up and jump,” he warns. “We’re running out of fuel.”

“I gotta be the eagle,” Bulk says, pumping himself up. “I’m gonna BE the eagle!”

“Be the swallow,” Skull echoes, less confident, then he croaks. “Be the swallow.”

“Come on, baby!” Bulk exclaims, grabbing Skull and pulling them both out. Screams ensue as soon as they leave the plane, and their performance is less than spectacular. “Let go of me!” Bulk shouts.

Not far away, Bulk and Skull float down to the ground slowly, still clutching each other. “Hey, this doesn’t look like the target landing zone,” Skull says. “Where’s the free food?”

The man just stares at them for a moment, then a man calls over. “Hey Dave! Come and have a look at this!” He stands atop a giant pile of dirt where the other men are circled around something.

“It sure as heck ain’t DWP,” the other replies.

They’re both silent for a moment, then the first one makes a decision. “Let’s get a crane in here.”

It doesn’t take long before the crane is hooked up and begins to lift the lid off of whatever it is they found. Steam rises from the hole and they all step back, muttering in confusion. A sculpture rises from below, a metal hand grasping a strange purple egg. “Incredible,” one of the men whispers. “What do you think it is?”

“I have no idea,” another says slowly, approaching it. He reaches out a hand to touch it, but a blast of purple electricity grabs him and throws him back through the air.

--

It’s about sunset and the rangers are still roller-blading around, one of them (I think Rocky) shouts “Hey guys, let’s get something to eat!”

But before they can, their communicators go off, and they all stop. “Hang on,” Tommy says, looking around before heading to a secluded area for privacy. “What’s up, Alpha?” Tommy asks.

“Rangers,” comes Alpha’s voice. “Zordon needs you at the command center. It’s urgent.”

“We’re on our way,” he says. They teleport out.

--

“Ay-yi-yi-yi!” Alpha exclaims inside the command center, muttering about some circuits malfunctioning. “I’ve got to find a way to alternate the frequency modulators!”

The rangers teleport in and hurry over to him, now in street shoes. “Alpha,” Tommy says. “What’s going on?”

“A massive surge of evil energy is overloading our sensors!” he says. “Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi!”

Zordon appears suddenly. “Rangers,” he says. “You must act swiftly, the planet is in grave danger.”

Alpha speaks up. “His ectomorpicons were buried near the chamber. If Ivan escapes, he’s sure to find them.”

“Use extreme caution, rangers,” Zordon warns. “You are dealing with an evil here that is beyond all imagination.” They’re all silent as they simply look at each other nervously, none of them knowing just what they were in for.

--

At the construction site that night, everything in quiet as the security guards are on patrol, one alert while the other sleeps in a folding chair, snoring softly. Some red lights begin to flash on the other side of the object, and Rita, Zedd, Goldar and Piggy appear suddenly. “So what do I care about some stupid egg?” Rita demands.

“This is non ordinary egg,” Zedd states.

“Well, I say we hard-boil the thing!” she offers.

“I’m with her,” Piggy agrees. “I’m hungry.”

“That’s cause you’re a pig,” Goldar points out.

The guard nudges his sleeping partner. “Hey Kirk, Kirk. Take a look at this.”

Kirk wakes slowly but Zedd turns to face them, “No need to wake him,” he tells him. “In fact, why don’t you take a little nap yourself?” He aims his staff at them both and they’re enveloped in electricity as they fall to the ground unconscious.

“I could do that,” Piggy boasts as Zedd approaches the egg. “I just choose not to.”

“Zip your lips,” Goldar tells him, annoyed.

Zedd stares at the egg silently for a moment. “After two thousand years of searching,” he begins. “You are finally within my grasp. And now, let’s crack this egg!”

He raises his staff and it begins to glow, sending a spark over the egg, which travels throughout it. The hand slowly opens and the egg cracks and splits down the middle, revealing a mass of purple slime inside.

“Excellent,” Zedd whispers.

“Yuck,” Piggy disagrees.

Rita twirls a finger through the slime and brings it out unsatisfied. “What? You spent two thousand years looking for a tub of snot?”

“Patience, motor mouth,” Zedd snaps. “Watch.”

The slime begins to move and morph and take on shape as they all watch in awe, and soon it forms into a humanoid creature, purple skinned and clothed. He screams, then cracks his neck loudly before facing the others. “Ladies and Gentlemen . . . the Ooze, is back!”

Goldar cheers, and Rita notes with a smile, “He’s so handsome.”

“Why thank you,” Ivan says.

“I am Lord Zedd,” Zedd introduces himself. “Sworn enemy of all that is good and decent. It is a supreme honor to finally meet you.”

“How can I ever repay you?” Ivan asks.

Zedd doesn’t hesitate. “Do you recall the name, Zordon of Eltar?”

Ivan lets out a loud scream and raises his hands to the sky, shooting electricity everywhere and lighting up the sky. “I think he’s heard of him,” Piggy ventures.

Zedd continues once Ivan is finished. “I want you to destroy Zordon, so that my evil may once again reign supreme!”

“I will not only destroy him,” Ivan says. “I will obliterate his entire legacy. It will be as if Zordon of Eltar never existed!”

“Finally,” Rita says. “A real man.” Ivan blows her a kiss and she giggles.

Zedd growls. “We shall leave you to weave your evil ways. Let’s go, Rita.” They all disappear in another flash of red light.

Ivan stands there a moment, sniffing the air curiously. “What is that odious stench?” he asks himself. He takes another long breath. “Smells like . . . teenagers.”

“Um . . .” Kimberly begins, a hand to her heart. “You haven’t by any chance seen a morphological being lurking around here?”

“Morphological being?” he repeats.

“Yeah,” she says.

“What the heck is that?” he asks. They all look at each other, but before they can think of an answer, he continues. “Wait a second. Did it look something like this?” And in an instant, he transforms back into Ivan Ooze with a laugh.

They all gasp and step back, ready to fight. “Ew,” Kimberly says. “Gross.”

“You’re too kind,” he says. “Allow me to introduce myself. I am the Galactically Feared, Globally Reviled, Universally Despised . . . they call me Ivan Ooze.”

Rocky steps forward. “Well pack your bags, cause we’re sending you right back where you came from.”

Ivan steps forward, looking at them closely, and they lean back slowly. “Mmm, a teenager with a big mouth,” he notes. “Not much has changed in six thousand years.”

“You obviously don’t know what you’re dealing with,” Kimberly says. “Mr. Raisin Head.”

“Really,” he says patronizingly.

“Yeah,” Tommy says. “We’re the Power Rangers.”

“Well, where’s my autograph book?!” Ivan exclaims. “Ha! Power Rangers, eh? So, Zordon’s still using a bunch of kids to do his dirty work.” He walks through the tape and it slices in half, then he turns back to them. “Well. Meet my kids!” He raises his hands and electricity shoots everywhere, then purple globs appear from the earth, forming into strange creatures. Ivan laughs and the rangers are nervous as they get ready to fight. “From this moment forth,” he continues. “The world as you know it will cease to exist! Welcome to my nightmare!” He raises his hands again, and disappears in a bolt of purple lightning, leaving his creatures to finish off the rangers.

“He’s gone,” Rocky says.

“What’re we gonna do?” Kimberly asks as they face the creatures.

Billy turns and looks behind them. “Looks like there’s plenty of room down there.”

“Go guys,” Tommy orders. He steps forward and does a spinning heel to keep them occupied as the others jump down, then throws a few hits before joining them.

“Take these beasts!” Adam says as the creatures follow them down.

“Spread out,” Tommy suggests. He runs off a little ways and grabs a shovel, pulling the handle out and making a weapon out of it. “Welcome to my nightmare,” he threatens.

But soon things start to go downhill, and suddenly the rangers aren’t doing so well, taking more hits and delivering less. Tommy falls on the ground and Billy and Kimberly meet him as he stands. “You okay?” Kimberly asks.

“Yeah,” Tommy says as Rocky and Aisha come over as well. Adam lands hard and the girls help him up quickly, but he holds his leg as he gets between Rocky and Kimberly.

“They’ve got us cornered,” Aisha says.

“We can’t hold them off,” Billy says worriedly. The creatures continue to come, and the rangers are backed against a wall. “There’s too many of them!”

“Keep your eyes peeled,” Adam says.

Rocky looks around a moment, then shouts, “Heads up, guys! Over there!” He points, and a shadow is vaguely seen in the distance inside a quiet building.

“Careful,” Tommy says, coming over to him. “It could be a trap.”

“Right,” they all agree.

“Let’s go,” he says.

--

Back at the command center, Zordon is worried. “Alpha,” he says. “My sensors tell me the rangers were too late. Ivan is on his way here.”

\

“Don’t worry,” Alpha says. “Nobody enters the command center without a power coin.” An alarm goes off and he turns to see purple ooze coming through the cracks in the door. “Well,” he amends. “Almost nobody.”

They both watch silently as the ooze comes through, and once inside forms and becomes Ivan Ooze. He looks around a moment, then smiles, coming forward. “Gee,” he says appreciatively. “Pretty fancy schmancy. I guess if you invest your money well over sixty centuries, you can buy something pretty nice.”

Alpha winds up, and delivers a pathetic punch to Ivan’s chest, causing nothing but a belch. “Uh-oh,” he says.

Ivan laughs, and puts a finger to Alpha’s head. A shot of electricity hits him and sends him circling around like an idiot.

“You haven’t changed, Ooze,” Zordon says. “You’re still picking on creatures smaller than yourself.”

“Ah, put a sock in it, Z,” Ivan says. “Ten minutes out of the egg and I’m already listening to one of your lectures. You lock me in your stuffy little hyper-lock chamber and tossed me into the depths like yesterday’s trash! Do you have any idea what it’s like to be locked up in a rotten egg for six thousand years? It’s boring. Not to mention I’ve had a Charlie-Horse since the Renaissance.”

“You won’t get away with this, Ooze,” Zordon says levelly.

“You robbed me of my prime!” Ivan accuses, walking towards him. “I was the supreme ruler of the most foul empire in the universe! And now, it’s time, to pay the piper.”

He takes a wooden flute from his robe and begins to play, then points it and shoots a blast at some of the computers, laughing when it explodes. “Oh, the things that I have missed!” he exclaims. “The Black Plague!” He fires another blast with each memory, and things begin to fall apart. “The Spanish Inquisition! The Brady Bunch Reunion . . .” He laughs manically as he continues to destroy the command center. Sparks envelope Zordon’s tube and he begins to fade away.


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