"Once A Ranger Part I"

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Kamdor and Miratrix await the return of the Ship Monster.  He exits the museum he robbed and has come out with a ruby. Kamdor has no use for the ruby, but Miratrix wants to keep it. 
Before the ninjas can get to far, the Overdrive Rangers arrive. The battle is on as the Rangers take on the monster.
The Black Ranger deal with Kamdor. And the Blue Ranger takes on Miratrix.
With an attack from the Drive Detector, the Ship Monster is finished. With their monster destroyed and the ruby back in the Rangers hands, Kamdor & Miratrix are forced to retreat.
Meanwhile, at the Ice Cave, Norg presents Flurious with a box that was left for him.  It contains a strange message from a new evil. The Rangers are heroes again, as the citizens are grateful for them saving the ruby.
As Kamdor & Miratrix stew over their loss, they too receive a message box.  The sender offers them a way to help attain the other Jewels. Kamdor refuses, but the device has other plans.
The ninjas are transported to a strange unknown lair. They encounter their fellow villain rivals, but no one knows exactly who put together this meeting.
Until the master planner himself makes his entrance. He introduces himself as Thrax.  Miratrix has heard of him, but he was supposed to be imprisoned.
Thrax explains that like Moltor & Flurious, he too was imprisoned by the Sentinel Knight. However, by using his own energy to do so, the Sentinel Knight grew weaker until. . .
Thrax was able to blast free of his Space Dumpster. Thrax beings laying out his plans.  He points out the obvious fact that the only thing standing in the way of the Jewels is the Power Rangers.
It is proposed that the villains form a temporary alliance.  After the Rangers are destroyed, the villains can destroy each other for all Thrax cares. Back at the mansion, the Rangers reflect back on life before Operation Overdrive and how boring life was.
The alarm sounds and the screen shows Thrax and the other villains in the city. The Rangers arrive, ready to battle Thrax and the Evil Alliance.
And the battle begins.  The Red Ranger tries to take on Thrax, but it blasted by the villain's Z Staff.
The Blue Ranger fights Moltor & Benglo. . . but takes a hard thrashing.
Mercury Ranger is blasted by the Chillers. . . and then by Miratrix.
Yellow Ranger deals with Mig and the Chillers. . . but isn't doing any better than the rest of the team.
The Pink Ranger tries the TransTek Armor on the Lava Lizards & Kamdor. . . but they blast it down and then take the Pink Ranger out.
Black Ranger uses his Hovertek Cycle on Flurious . . . but things only get worse.
The villains give their energy to Thrax. Who then attacks the Universal Morphing Grid.
The Rangers are powered down and their Morphers are nearly destroyed. Thrax explains that he severed the Overdrive Ranger's connection to the Universal Morphing Grid, and they are no longer Power Rangers.
The Sentinel Knight shows up just in time. With the Rangers beaten and powerless, the evil villains leave to begin their conquest.
Sentinel Knight transported himself and the Rangers to safety, but since the remaining Jewels are unprotected, the Knight must do something.  Sentinel Knight then leaves. The heroes wonder where they go from here, now that they're powerless.
Back at the mansion, Andrew isn't having any luck.  The tear in the Morphing Grid has cut off all access to their Morphing Powers. Spencer informs them that the villains are attacking all over the planet in search of the Jewels.
Even with only their Genetic Powers, the Rangers must still take the fight to the villains, before they come to them to get their two Jewels. Kamdor & Mig have arrived at Stonehenge in search of the Jewels.
But the Rangers soon arrive on their Civilian Vehicles. Rose tries blasting Mig with the Double O Zip Shooter from the truck. . .
But he blasts back with his weapons. Mig pull Mack out of the truck to start his attack.
Tyzonn tries his Mercurian Powers, but it's no use. Rose's invisibility powers are no help either.
Mack even tries to throw the truck at Mig, but gets blasted instead. Ronny and Will try attacking Kamdor with the cycles, but he's still more powerful.
Dax on the ATV gets blasted. Dax's high jumping powers aren't any match to Kamdor either.
Ronny the gets blasted off her cycle. . . and then taken out by another blast.
Will tries leaping off his bike, mid-air, to surprise Kamdor. But the ninja is right back to his feet to beat down Will.
The two villains grow tired of the nuisance the Rangers have become.  They prepare to finish the heroes off. The Rangers are too weak to stand, let alone defend themselves.
Before either of the villains can attack, Mig is suddenly wrapped up in roots from the ground.  Could it be magic? SURPRISE!  It's the Mystic Force Green Ranger!
Kamdor prepares to strike, but before he can, he gets blasted by two lasers.  Is it the police? Even better.  HELLO, it's the Space Patrol Delta Red Ranger!
Mig breaks free of his prison, but is then attacked swiftly from the air.  What flying attack is this? IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK!  It's the Dino Thunder Yellow Ranger!
Just as Kamdor gets back up, he comes under heavy attack.  But those moves look like a ninja too? LET THE GAMES BEGIN!  It is a ninja, the Ninja Storm Blue Ranger!
Kamdor & Mig are worried now, not knowing where the next attack will come from.  They the Earth between them splits.  Who has that kind of power? OLD SCHOOL!  That's right, it's the Mighty Morphin Black Power Ranger!
The Overdrive team is speechless. Well Overdrive Rangers, LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS COULD USE SOME HELP!
The Overdrive team gets back on their feet, and they're very surprised to see other Power Rangers. With Kamdor and Mig on the retreat, these Rangers of the past Power Down.
The Overdrive Rangers come to thank their heroes. Adam, Bridge, Xander, Tori & Kira are happy to help.
But there's still a bit of confusion.  Sentinel Knight appears and promises to answer everyone's questions. But first the teams head back to the Command Center.
Bridge then begins his simple but complicated, short but long explanation on how he's the Red Ranger.  You know, the normal awesome Bridge way of things. Andrew welcomes the new team and says that they are all happy to have them here.
Sentinel Knight then appears and explains that he has brought this team of former Power Rangers together, to replace the Overdrive team. This comes as a harsh reality check to the Overdrive Rangers.
The Overdrive Team, now powerless, just hangs around the mansion killing time. The Veterans show up, just off their latest mission and excited about piloting the Zords.
But the others are down in the dumps.  They know they're not of any help and they fear they may not get their powers back. Kira and Xander try to cheer their spirits up, but it's no use.
The alarm sounds and the Vets. head out to battle.  The others are left feeling completely useless. Flurious is blocking the main road into the city.
But not for long.  The Black Mighty Morphin Power Ranger flies in on the Hovertek Cycle and blasts through the wall. Now its Chiller stomping time.
And the others are right behind him. Blue Ninja Storm Ranger takes on her team of Chillers.
Yellow Dino Thunder Ranger gets hers Chillers taken care of. These Chillers are taken down, Red SPD Ranger style.
Time for these icy dudes to take a fall at the hands of the Green Mystic Ranger. Chiller, I don't think so.  You can't take down one of the best Rangers ever.
The Chillers are out cold and now it's time for Flurious. But the icy villain escapes.
Back in the Command Center, Andrew and Adam work on trying to repair the Trackers. With the Morphing Grid still damaged, Adam gets an idea on who might be capable of fixing it.
Flurious returns to the new villain lair, and he's non to happy about being defeated by this new group of Rangers. The villains start getting hostile towards Thrax.
But the evil master explains that his monster, Vulturus, will be able to handle the new Rangers. And while they and Vulturus keep the Rangers busy, Thrax plans on going after the Sentinel Knight.
Andrew meets with his Overdrive team, per their request. The group tells Mr. Hartford that they want to return to their normal lives.  That they're leaving Operation Overdrive.

Linear Ranger's Thoughts

An E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T Episode, hands down.  Wow, if you couldn't tell that by the 110 screen captures I did, man.  I loved Part I all the way through.  Everyone's performances were great.  I loved the introduction of the Veteran Rangers.  Bridge's explanation of how he became Red Ranger, why expected, was GREAT.  Thrax's looks is very cool and completely evil.  Huge props on having him trapped in a Space Dumpster and giving him Zedd's staff as a weapon.  A really great story and terrific build up for Part II.

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