High Five (Power Rangers)

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“High Five”
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episode
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 2
Written by Steve Kramer
Directed by Adrian Carr
Guest stars Tom Wyner (Bones (voice))
Production no. 102
Original airdate Tuesday September 7, 1993
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High Five is the second episode of the first season of the television show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. It originally aired on September 7, 1993, and was later released as a VHS tape. It is the first episode of Power Rangers to use the standard monster of the day format, although it has two monsters rather than one.

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[edit] Plot Summary

After seeing Jason climb a rope at Ernie's Juice Bar, Trini reveals to the other ranger teens that she is terrified of heights. Bulk and Skull show up taunting Jason, though Bulk tries to climb the rope and brings part of the ceiling down. Meanwhile, Billy creates wrist communicators with which the rangers can contact the Command Center and Zordon.

On the moon, Rita decides to trap the rangers in a time warp the same way she did Zordon. Squatt and Baboo send a rigged toy rocket to Earth that activates the time warp. Rita has Finster create the zombie like Bones monster to control the time warp.

The rangers are first alerted to a small group of Putties forming outside of town. Zordon send the teens to defeat them, and they decide to follow Zordon's advice and try to defeat the Putty Patrol without morphing. During the fight, Billy gets chased to the top of a cliff, and Trini must face her fears to go up and save him. She does, and the rangers are able to send the putties running in defeat.

Bones is sent down to draw the rangers out by attacking an amusement park. The rangers morph to confront him but are sucked into the time warp. As they fight Bones, Squatt and Baboo arrive to destroy the toy rocket, which sits in the time warp as the only means of escape. The rangers defeat Bones by throwing his head into a lava pit, and despite the fact that the plan was to trap the rangers in the time warp, Rita decides to send a Giant to Earth to shatter the time warp and attack the rangers on Earth. Jason summons his Tyrannosaurus Dinozord and manages to destroy the Giant.

Back at Ernie's Juice Bar, the rangers and Zordon (via communicator) congratulate Trini on conquering her fears. The episode ends in comidic and fun fashion when Zack, wearing an ape mask, spooked Trini and climbed the rope proving that she overcame her fear of heights.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Primary cast

[edit] Secondary cast

  • Tom Wyner guest starred, doing the voice of Bones.

[edit] Trivia

  • The episode contains many firsts for the show. It's the first time the rangers use their blade blasters, the phrases "It's morphin' time!" and "Morphinominal!", and their communicators. It is also the first time Rita sends down a monster and complains of her recurring headaches and the first time the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord uses its finishing move.
  • Although that this marks the first time the communicators are used, they appeared in the karate class scene in Day of the Dumpster, due to the fact that Saban had to replace a scene labeled "too violent". The scene was taken from Dark Warrior, which happens some time after this episode.
  • Monsters of the Day: Bones and Giant


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