<6 5 4 3 2 @> > 55A EXT. DULCEA'S GARDEN / PHAEDOS - NIGHT 55A > > Dulcea leads the kids MIKE: ...in a rousing version of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"! 'BOTS: Woo-hoo! > through a circular opening in one > wall, all of them look completely wiped out. She reaches an > ornate doorway, faces the Rangers. MIKE: AH! Why are you kids still following me?! > > DULCEA > Each of you must reach deep > within ALL: Ewwww... > and draw upon your natural > instincts... Only then will you > know the way of the Ninjetti. > (beat) > Rest for a few hours. We will > continue at daybreak. > > She heads through the door. > > KIMBERLY > So where are we supposed to > sleep? MIKE: With Tommy, as usual. > > Snoggle points to the campfire. > > SNOGGLE > Buhph nghujr. > > He pushes Kimberly toward it making a "Na na na na na" TOM: Yes, you must get the giant "Nyah-nyah" of power... MIKE: Watch _Tiny_Toons_ much, Tom? > sound > through his snout. He then hurries inside and SLAMS the door. > > KIMBERLY > That guy's cruisin' for a > bruisin'. TOM: I'll hold him down! MIKE: I'll hold Dulcea! MIKE: Ya know.. to keep her from interfering... TOM: Of course... > > The kids approach the dying fire, all of them limping a > little. > > BILLY > I can hardly walk... CROW: You've been busy with Adam, eh? > > AISHA > I've never been this sore in my > life. MIKE: Look like SHE'S been busy with Adam, too! > > They drop around the fire, a few of them GROANING. They stare > into the orange coals for a long moment, all of them looking > disillusioned. > > BILLY > Do you guys really think we can > pull this off? TOM: Nope. MIKE: Not a chance. CROW: You're dead. > > It takes a moment to get a response. > > ADAM > Maybe if we had more time. > > TOMMY > ... I wonder... We've been > relying on our Morphin Powers for > so long... maybe we've forgotten > how to rely on ourselves. TOM: Oh, that's _so_ deep... > > There's a somber silence. > > TOMMY > We should get some rest. > > They all settle in for the night. MIKE: Hey, watch your hand! TOM: Ow, you're on my hair! > > 55B EXT. INNER CITY CONSTRUCTION SITE - NIGHT (OLD SC 47) > > A PURPLE HAZE CROW: All through my brain! > OF SMOKE has settled on the construction site. > Suddenly, mysteriously, SWARMS OF ZOMBIFIED PARENTS MIKE: In your he-eeeead, in your he-e-eead, Zooombie, Zooombie, Zombie-ie-ie! 'BOTS: AH! TOM: MIKE! Don't DO that! > emerge from > the vapors - We see Mr. Kelman amongst them. > > Ivan steps forward, followed by Goldar. MIKE: Dumb and dumber! > > IVAN > Ladies and gentlemen, Simon > says... STOP! > > All the parents stop. TOM: Red light! MIKE: Green light! > > IVAN > Simon says... stand on one foot! > > All the parents stand on one foot. Ivan seems to be taking a > perverse glee in all this. > > IVAN > Simon says... TOM: ...make Saban lots of money! > > GOLDAR > Quack like a'duck! > > All the parents start QUACKING LIKE DUCKS. Ivan slowly turns > to Goldar, gives him an icy stare. > > GOLDAR > It just slipped out. MIKE: So, it was ok to have them stand on one leg, but NOT ok to make them quack like ducks? > > Ivan turns back to the QUACKING parents. > > IVAN > SHUT UP!! > > The parents keep quacking. > > GOLDAR > You didn't say "Simon says". > > IVAN (irritated) > Simon says SHUT UP!!! TOM: I wish someone would say that to the movie! > > (they shut up) > Now, as soon as I give the word > I want all of you to start > digging. > (beat) > Do I make myself perfectly -- > > The zombie parents have already started going to work. MIKE: Wait, I thought you had to say "Simon Says"! What gives? TOM: You can't change the rules in the middle of the game! CROW: Do-over! I call a do-over! > Ivan > shakes his head in exasperation. > > IVAN > This is the Iast time I use > parents for anything! MIKE: Take it from Ivan, parents just don't understand. > > 55C EXT. DULCEA'S GARDEN / PHAEDOS - NIGHT 55C > > The Rangers are fast asleep. A night wind WHISTLES through > the trees, ALL: > causing the branches to shiver. TOM: The _branches_ are shivering? It MUST be COLD! > > After a moment, there's movement in the bushes. MIKE: Kim! Tommy! Knock it off! CROW: You too, Billy and Adam! > Suddenly, > amazingly, a WOLF emerges -- his mane glistening in the > moonlight, his eyes GLOWING LIKE FIRE. > > He surveys the sleeping clan, moves straight toward Billy. He > stands inches away from him, watches him with an intense gaze. > Billy stirs slightly. CROW Oh, Adam.. No, we can't... The others'll see us... > > The embers cast an orange glow on Kimberly's sleeping face > A SHADOW moves over her and two CRANE LEGS step into frame. > > There's a FLURRY OF FLAPPING WINGS as a FALCON SWOOPS DOWN and > lands on a rock directly above Tommy. The bird fixes on Tommy > with its piercing eyes. MIKE: And proceeds to peck at his liver. TOM: Ewwwwwww... > > We hear a GRUNTING SOUND CROW: Tommy and Kim are at it AGAIN? > as the SILHOUETTE OF AN APE APPEARS: > > Now a FROG HOPS through the air and lands inches away from > Adam. The frog sits there a moment, it's THROAT THROBBING MIKE: For a kids' movie, this sure has a lot of sexual imagery! > > Now we hear a DEEP GROWL and a tree SHAKES. Aisha fidgets in > her sleep as an ENORMOUS BEAR SHADOW FALLS OVER HER. > > Now, all at once, the six animals VANISH INTO THIN AIR LIKE > SPIRITS OF THE NIGHT. MIKE: Which is fitting, see as how they ARE spirits... > > 55D EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE - NIGHT (PART OLD SC 55B) 55D > > Ivan and Goldar patrol the parents who are busy digging. > > IVAN > Let's pick it up here! I've got > a schedule to keep. In twenty > four hours the ooze is gonna hit > the fan! ALL: EWWWWWW... > > Goldar suddenly point to the sky. CROW: De plane! De plane! > > GOLDAR > Hey, boss! > > THE TENGU DROPS INTO THE SCENE, SQUEALING TOM: Ah'm gonna make you squeal like a pig! > > MORDANT > What kind of landing was that?! > These clowns are a menace to the > sky Tom: Will there still be a clown in the sky for... me? > > IVAN > How did you fare? > > Mordant waves Ivan off. > > MORDANT > Oh, it couldn't've gone better. MIKE: Well, actually, it could've... > The Power Rangers didn't know > what hit them . > > The Tengu appear, one of them SQUAWKS and makes grand > gestures. > > MORDANT > That's right. And then we threw > one of them off a mountain and > another one into a raqing river! > > IVAN > So they've been destroyed? > > The Tengu SQUAWKS some more. > > MORDANT > "Basically". TOM: Suddenly, out of the blue, they start using quotes? > > IVAN > What do you mean "basically"? > > MORDANT > Well... we were about to finish > them off... when this huge > monster came out of nowhere! MIKE: It was cool! Just like that scene in _Star_Wars_! > > MORDANT > Okay, maybe he wasn't so huge. > But you should've seen the size > of his STICKS CROW: OOOhhhhhh... TOM: Sometimes a stick is just a stick. > > A pensive look comes over Ivan... > > IVAN > Did these sticks make a whistling > sound? ALL: > > MORDANT > How'd you know? > > IVAN > Dulcea! MIKE: I just met a girl named Dulcea... > (beat) > That miserable, manipulating > loathsome she-devil of a WITCH!! > > To help make the point Mordant SPITS on the ground. > > IVAN > How could you let them get away?! > If Dulcea leads them to the Great > Power, everything will be ruined! > They must be OBLITERATED! > > One of the Tengu SCREECHES again. > > MORDANT > What're you talking about?! It > wasn't my fault! You're the > featherbrains that let them get > away! > > Ivan looks up to the sky. CROW: De pla- MIKE: Stop. > > IVAN > I call upon the Powers of > Darkness to enrich the evil of my > creatures by tenfold! > > LIGHTNING RIPS from the sky and ZAPS THE TENGU, CAUSING THEM > TO GLOW RADIANTLY. MIKE: As opposed to radiate glowingly. > > IVAN > And now the coup de grace, to > lead my tribe to victorious > battle! > > He shoots a BOLT OF ENERGY AND CREATES THE OUEEN TENGU! She > is a different color than the rest and her eyes GLOW RED. > Mordant shakes his head in wonder. > > MORDANT > Where does he come up with this > stuff? MIKE: Where does he get those wonderful toys?! > > The Queen spreads her wings and makes the most HORRENDOUS > SCREECH imaginable. MIKE: Ladies and gentlemen- Mariah Carrey! > > IVAN > Queen Tengu, lead-your warriors > to Phaedos, FEAST YOURSELVES UPON > THE POWER RANGERS AND BRING ME > DULCEA! MIKE: How 'bout we feast upon Dulcea and bring you the Power Rangers? > > Once again, the Tengu take to the sky like GIANT BATS. > > 55E EXT. LONG SHOT OF DULCEA'S COMPOUND - SUNRISE (MATTE) > > The morning sun bathes Dulcea's compound in a shimmering > golden light. MIKE: Which was radiantly glowing. > > 55F EXT. DULCEA'S COMPOUND - SUNRISE (OLD SC 55D) 55F > > CLOSE ON KIMBERLY CROW: Is SHE bathing, too? > > Snoggle's snout works it's way toward her making SNORTING > SOUNDS. MIKE: Hey! Watch that snout- this is a kids' movie! TOM: No, Tommy... Stop; I'm not in the mood this morning... > > Kimberly bolts awake and SLAMS his snout with her fist. She > YELPS LIKE A CHILD as he grips the protrusion and JUMPS > UP AND DOWN. ALL: YAAAAY!! > > SNOGGLE > BUGHU PHUNGL MURHPUGNU!!! > > All the Rangers spring awake. As they get out from under > their blankets they're shocked to discover that they're all > wearing Ninjetti costumes with animal symbols on their chest. MIKE: So, Dulcea snuck out and changed their clothes in the middle of the night? CROW: This lady needs a hobby! TOM: Sounds like she already has one. CROW: Good point. > > TOMMY > How the heck?!... > > ROCKY > What's going on?! > > KIMBERLY > I don't believe it! > > Dulcea approaches, a wondrous expression on her face. CROW: Bitchin' threads, dudes! > > DULCEA > You have been visited by the > animal spirits... MIKE: IfyaknowwhatImean! > they have given > you their blessing. > > The Rangers continue to admire their symbols in silent wonder. TOM: I'm a frog... > > 55G EXT. DULCEA'S GARDEN / PHAEDOS - MORNING (OLD SC 55E) > > MONTAGE > > HARD DRIVING MUSIC KICKS IN. ALL: Sunshine and lollipops! > > 1. We see Aisha standing on a rock, her whole body flowing CROW: What is she, liquid metal? > in > a martial art exercise. > > 2. Billy and Dulcea continue to fight with whistling sticks. > Billy is starting to get the hang of it. He hits Dulcea > a few times, then she CLOBBERS him. MIKE: Haha, he got beaten by a girl! ALL: > > 3. Kimberly balances along the bamboo log again. She does a > FLIP and lands it, however one foot slips off and she > struggles to maintain her balance. TOM: Oh, a slight wobble there; that's gonna be half point deduction... > > 4. Tommy stands on the protruding rock again, spreads ALL: AHH! > high > like a falcon, SOARS THROUGH THE AIR. He gets about ten > feet then DROPS INTO THE WATER. TOM: Stop stealing my schtick! > > 5. Rocky climbs up the oriental pole -- this time he makes it > up about FIFTEEN FEET before he slips. He only drops five > feet. MIKE: But since he's an octopus, he has three to spare. > > 6. Adam stands amidst overhanging trees and goes into his > frog animal stance, ALL: MIKE: So, he's on all fours in the water? > his entire being focused on his > actions. > > 7. Billy stands off alone MIKE: Lone wolf! Get it?! > practicing with the whistling > sticks. The weapons are now a BLURR in his hands. > > 8. Kimberly balances along the log, executes a FLIP, lands it > perfectly, throws her arms up triumphantly. MIKE: Eat my dust, Kerri Strug! > > 9. Adam stands on the lakeshore, concentrating on a buzzing > insect. He strikes out at it, but just misses it. TOM: Eh, it probably wouldn't have made much of meal anyway. > > 10. Aisha also does something appropriate. MIKE: Oh, THAT'S specific. > > 55H EXT. ANGEL GROVE PARK - DAY (OLD SC 55F) 55H > > HUNDREDS OF KIDS AND TEENAGERS fill the park, all of them > wearing PURPLE CLOTHES. They're all dirty and grunged out CROW: I guess they're headed to Seattle. > They jump around, breaking stuff, sparring with each other > It's total pandemonium. ALL: WOO-HOO!! > > Suddenly, an ERUPTION OF SMOKE -- and Ivan, disguised as the > wizard, MAGICALLY APPEARS. The crowd CHEERS, Nuremburg style, > fists raised. MIKE: Are you ready to be merry? 'BOTS: YEEAAHH!! > > CROWD > OOZE! OOZE! OOZE! OOZE! > > IVAN > Thank you! Please! You're too > kind. > (sotto voce) > Finally. a little appreciation > where it's deserved. > > VOICE > We love you Ivan! MIKE: Oh, now that's going a BIT too far, don't you think? > > IVAN > Right back at ya!- > (he smiles) > Now, WHO MISSES SCHOOL?! MIKE; Oh, oh, oh! TOM: You would, Nelson... > > CROWD > NOT US! > > IVAN > AND WHO MISSES RULES?! CROW: I... kinda do, actually... > > CROWD > NOT US! > > IVAN > AND WHO WANTS TO JOIN ME IN > RAISING HELL ACROSS THE > UNIVERSE?! CROW: Can we skip the raising hell and just get straight to the orgy? MIKE: CROW! > > CROWD > > WE DO! > > At the edge, Fred discreetly approaches Bulk and Skull. > > FRED > Can I have a word with you guys? TOM: Say the secret woid and collect 500 hundred dollars. > (he pulls them aside) > What's really going on here?! > Where are everybody's parents? > > Bulk and Skull exchange a look. MIKE: Bulk! TOM: Skull! > > SKULL > Like we said before, that's > classified, top secret... > > Fred decides to be tricky. TOM: Oh, like you have to be tricky to outwit these two morons... > > FRED > Look, Ivan wants me to go dump a > load of garbage all over them. > > BULK > Well, why didn't you say so?! MIKE: You didn't ask. > > SKULL > They're at the World Center > Construction Site. MIKE: Oh, Great, Skull, you sang like a bird! > > Fred nods. > > FRED > Uh. OOZE RULES! > > He does a ridiculous mock salute. Bulk and Skull repeat it. > > BULK AND SKULL > OOZE RULES ! > > Fred rolls his eyes and hurries away. MIKE: Dorks. > > 56 thru 57A OMITTED > > 58 EXT. JUNGLE / PHAEDOS - MORNING 58 > > Dulcea leads Snoggle and the Rangers up a stone path. They > approach a bush filled with exotic berries. All of them start > eating the berries. MIKE: But the berries turn out to be poisonous, so they all die. > > TOMMY > Dulcea... how do you and Zordon > know each other? MIKE: Oh, I don't think you're quite old enough for that, kids... > > > Dulcea reminisces. TOM: Oh, God... CROW: Wake me up when something interesting happens. TOM: So, you mean, when the movie's over? CROW: Yep. > > DULCEA > We belonged to an interstellar > Peace Keeping Force known as the > "Order of the Meledan". MIKE: The Order was ham on rye. > (beat) > Zordon was widely regarded as the > finest Commander in the Galaxy. > He was a true Legend... If it > wasn't for him, the Universe > would be a very different place > from what it is today. MIKE: You say that as if it's a bad thing... > > The kids are overwhelmed by what they're hearing. > > ROCKY > So... what happened? > > DULCEA > Over time our enemies were > defeated... I returned to > Phaedos, Zordon moved on to > continue the struggle elsewhere. TOM: Washington, D.C. > (beat) > Until you kids showed up, I > hadn't heard from him for > centuries. MIKE: He never writes! He never calls! That heartless BASTARD! > > The Rangers are silent for a moment. > > DULCEA > He was always an inspiration... CROW: If you KNOW that I mean! > > Dulcea speaks with grim-visaged intensity. > > DULCEA > This is why I'm taking you to the > Nathadian Monolith. That is why > I'm teaching you the Ninjetti. CROW: I thought she was doing that to have an excuse to beat up on them. TOM: Well, that, too. > (beat) > If Zordon dies... then a piece of > all of us dies... and the force > of good within the Universe will > be dealt an irreparable blow. > > These words strike deep in the kids. MIKE: Injuring them all severely. <6 5 4 3 2 @> > > 59 EXT. INNER CITY CONSTRUCTION SITE - DAY 59 > > The bulldozers and earth movers have dug out a twenty foot > pit. IVAN leads Goldar and Mordant through the site, passing > dozens of laboring parents. All: > > MORDANT > As soon as we've taken over the > world I'm gonna change my name to > Sir Mordant. Or how about MAJOR > Mordant?! > > GOLDAR > How about Major Moron? TOM: That works, too. > > IVAN > How about the two of you shut Up > and pay attention!! MIKE: Huh? I wasn't paying attention. > > The entourage comes to a stop, Goldar and Mordant can't > believe what's before them. CROW: Oh, my God, congress! MIKE & TOM: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!! > > MORDANT > What is THAT! TOM: That: pronoun. A person, thing, or idea indicated, mentioned, or understood from the situation. > > INCLUDE - A HUGE MECHANICAL ARM AND LEG EXTRUDING FROM THE > DIRT. > > IVAN > Feast your eyes upon the > exoskeleton of the barbaric > HORNITOR! MIKE: Huh-huh... He said "horni"... > (to parents) > KEEP DIGGING. THE DREADFUL > SCORPITRON SHOULD BE CLOSE BY. > (beat) > ONCE I HAVE MY ECTO-MORPHICON > MACHINES UP AND RUNNING, I SHALL > ANNIHILATE ANGEL GROVE... AND > THEN... THE WORLD MIKE: Well, that's great, but could you stop shouting? We're standing right next to you... > > ANGLE ON FRED as he darts through the construction site, > taking care not to be seen. He hunkers down behind a stack of > two-by-fours, searches the area. He spots his dad, speaks > under his breath. MIKE: Dogs barking, can't fly without umbrella... > > FRED > Dad...?! > > He glances around to make sure the coast is clear, then > sprints off to where his dad is digging, grabs his hand. > > FRED > We have to get out of here! > > MR. KELMAN > Dig... dig... dig... > > FRED > Dad?!... It's me, Fred! CROW: Forget it, kid... Your dad's got the brain of a cabbage right now. > > Mr. Kelman just gives Fred a blank stare. MIKE: ...as usual. > > MR. KELMAN > Dig... dig... dig... > > Suddenly an ARM FALLS ON FRED'S SHOULDER. MIKE: The one attached to the rogue hand from earlier, I guess. > > MORDANT (O.S.) > Gotchya! > > Fred whips araund, finds Mordant standing behind him. He > SPRINGS TO ACTION pulling off a lightning quick IRON HAMMER > FIST STRIKE, a PALM HEEL BLOCK, A FRONT KICK WITH JUMPING > KICK. ALL: You name it... > > Mordant is getting pummeled. The last kick sends him FLYING > BACK INTO THE DIRT. Fred takes off as Goldar stands over > Mordant. TOM: AH! I don't even wanna THINK about the implications of THAT one! > > MORDANT > Just shut your gap! > > GOLDAR > Did I say anything? CROW: No, but it's fun to tell you to shut up, anyway. > > 60 OMITTED 60 > > 61 INT. COMMAND CENTER - DAY 61 > > Zordon is looking more decrepit than ever. Alpha inserts ALL: AH! Mike: Do NOT use "Alpha" and "inserts" in the same sentence! > tube into a make-shift electronic contraption. > > ALPHA 5 > By bouncing ultra-high > frequencies off one of the > network satellites, I can send a > long-range pulsar signal to > within TWO FEET of the Rangers coordinates. > > ZORDON > (with difficulty) > ... I just pray we're not too > late. MIKE: You are. > > Alpha continues making adjustments. > > ALPHA 5 > Let's give it a whirl. > > He flicks a switch and the screen LIGHTS UP WITH STATIC. The > the same reporter we saw at the opening of the movie appears. TOM: Oh, continuity! What a concept! > > REPORTER > Angel Grove Police have been > fielding hundreds of calls from > concerned citizens as the number > of missing gersons continues to > grow TOM: Yes, but what about all the people that are missing? > > There's more STATIC, then IVAN APPEARS AS THE WIZARD. MIKE: The WIZARD? TOM: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! > > IVAN > Hi, folks, Ivan Ooze here. > > ALPHA 5 > Ai, yi, yi, yi, yi > > As Ivan speaks we see Mordant behind him waving into camera. > > IVAN > Are you bored with your work? MIKE: Yes. > Are you bored with your family TOM: Sure! > Are you bored with your 1ife CROW: Harassed by creditors? > Well, come on down to Ooze City > and LET'S GET STICKY! ALL: EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!! > > 62 OMITTED 62 > > 63 EXT. ROCKY TERRAIN - DAY 63 > > The group reaches the crest of a ridge -- off in the > background we can see the outline of the Nathadian Monolith. Mike: Ooooohhhh.... TOM: Ahhhhhhhhhhh... CROW: ZZZZZZzzzzzzzz... > > DULCEA > The Monolith is there in the > distance. > > The kids strain to get a better look. > > DULCEA > This is as far as I can take you. TOM: Wait, didn't she say "we" would go through the jungle; thus suggesting that she was coming along? > > The kids are thrown by this. MIKE: And have to pick themselves up off the ground. > > KIMBERLY > You're leaving us?! CROW: This SUCKS, and some junk! > > DULCEA > I have taught you all that I > know. TOM: I'll bet Tommy and the boys appreciated that!! > Now you must achieve the > Ninjetti on your own. > > The kids share glances, not quite knowing what to say. MIKE: Just like always. > > DULCEA > It is said that once you've > reached the power... you have > only ten triacs to release it. MIKE: Oh, well, then- huh? > > BILLY > What's a Triac? > > DULCEA > About twenty seconds in your > time. CROW: Well why didn't you just say that in the first place?! > > TOMMY > And how do we release the power? > > DULCEA > The legend goes that you release > the power with the power. TOM: Oh, well of cou- huh? > > ADAM > What does that mean! > > DULCEA > That is a question that even I > cannot answer. > (beat) > Remember, ten triacs. After that > something bad will happen. > > KIMBERLY > Like...how bad? > > Dulcea gives them a grim look. > > DULCEA > They say the power will throw off > a super-heated, radioactive > fireball, instantly reducing you > to ash and bits of charred bone. MIKE: Bitchin'! TOM: Cool! > > Aisha nods. > > AISHA > That's pretty bad. CROW: Wah-wah-waaaaahhh... > > TOMMY > Thank you, Dulcea. For > everything. MIKE: IfyaknowwhatImean! > > Dulcea catches her hand TOM: Oh, sorry... I thought it was Dale. > and six Rangers put their hands on top > of hers. MIKE: Break! > > > DULCEA > Ka'Alabas tor nartu En'Kata-Tay. TOM: Klaatu Beratu Nikto. MIKE: Me chabba wanga! CROW: Gesundheit! > (beat) > May your animals watch over you. MIKE: Ok, time out! Dulcea said the "jetti" means animal... Now, she said animal in that sentence; yet I don't see anything in it that looks even close to "jetti". TOM: Thank you, linguistics police.... CROW: Maybe she wasn't saying the same thing in English? MIKE: Maybe... > > 64 OMITTED 64 > > 65 EXT. CHEMICAL PLANT - DAY 65 > > The sky above the chemical plant is BOILING WITH DARK CLOUDS. ALL: > > 56 INT. CHEMICAL PLANT - DAY 66 MIKE: Wh, we just went back 10 scenes! TOM: Not according to the number at the end of the line... MIKE: Weird. CROW: After all the mistakes in this script, a number typo surprises you? > > The parents have finished assembling the STEEL TOWER -- thick > cables run from the base to the skeletal heads of Hornitor and > Scorpitron. TOM: What is this, Power Rangers, or Transfomers? > > We see a group of parents fastening clear plastic pipes to the > skeletal feet -- the pipes are attached to the vat of ooze. > > Mordant videotapes Ivan as he struts past a giant mechanical > foot. CROW: Mordant likes to watch. > > IVAN > Finally, after centuries of > waiting, my Ecto-Morphicon > machines are ready to take on the > world! ALL: > > Mordant gets the camera a little too close to Ivan. > > IVAN > GET THAT THING OUT OF MY FACE! > > Ivan SWATS Mordant and the camera FLIES up through the air and > SMASHES against a wall. > > MORDANT > Oh, man, that was a rental! > > ANGLE ON - FRED watching from behind a generator, CROW: You'd think Ivan would have better security for his top secret project. > an alarmed > look on his face. Ivan steps up onto a platform. > > IVAN > Mordant... let the ooze flow! MIKE: I think these writers have some sort of snot/ooze obsession... TOM: I don't EVEN wanna know... > > Mordant pulls a lever and the OOZE SLITHERS THROUGH THE > PIPES AND STARTS FILLING OUT THE GIANT EXOSKELETONS. CROW: Oh, yes... Oh, YES! MIKE: CROW! > > IVAN > Goldar... the roof! > > Goldar presses a button and the roof of the plant ROLLS OPEN, > REVEALING THE TUMULTUOUS SKIES ABOVE. > > IVAN > Looks like a fine day for raising > HELL! TOM: IVAN! Watch the language! > > Ivan holds his arms up to the heavens. > > IVAN > HECALE MENNIPUS LIBRI MAGUS! MIKE: Oh God, not again.... TOM: Ya nie loobloo kino! MIKE: What the..? > > THE SKY CRACKLES WITH THUNDER AND A JAGGED BOLT OF > LIGHTNING STREAKS DOWN, ZAPS THE METAL TOWER SENDING UP > AN ENORMOUS ERUPTION OF SPARKS! > > IVAN > Bullseye! TOM: But is it bold? > > ELECTROMAGNETIC CHARGES TRAVEL THE LENGTH OF THE CABLES > AND HIT HORNITOR AND SCORPITRON WITH SEARING BLASTS OF > ENERGY. MIKE: Turning them into useless pieces of charred metal. TOM: DAMN! Read the instructions wrong! > > IVAN > LIFE!! Give my creatures LIFE! CROW: Oh, you only WISH you were Frankenstein, Ivan. > > Mordant admires Ivan. > > MORDANT > This guy is the King! MIKE: Here comes the King, here comes the King, here comes the big number one! > > Now the most amazing thing of all happens... CROW: The movie gets good? TOM: Give it up, Crow- it's not gonna happen... > > The SCINTILLATING BEHEMOTHS AWAKE FROM THE DEAD, THEIR EYES > AND MOUTHS OPENING, THEIR ARMS REACHING UPWARD. The beasts MIKE: Whooops! Cap Lock key must've slipped! > ROAR OUT IN THUNDEROUS RAGE. CROW: We're NOT gonna pay a lot for this MUFFLER!!! > > Mordant's HAIR LITERALLY STANDS ON END -- he quickly retreats > behind a drum. > > FRED looks on in horror. MIKE: I wet 'em! > > IVAN > PARENTS OF ANGEL GROVE. TOM: ...we've gathered together today to witness the joining of this- oh, wait... Damn, wrong speech... > > All of them turn their attention to Ivan. > > IVAN > YOU HAVE SERVED YOUR PURPOSE. > NOW YOU WILL RETURN TO THE > CONSTRUCTION SITE AND LEAP TO > YOUR DEMISE! ALL: Ok, but could you please stop shouting?! > > The parents just stand there with blank expressions. > > IVAN > What're you waiting for??... > > Goldar taps him on the shoulder and he spins around. > > IVAN > What! > > GOLDAR > You forgot to say 'Simon says." MIKE: Once again, I must point out that he's given the PLENTY of instructions that they HAVE followed withOUT saying "Simon says". TOM: Why let logic ruin a good joke? MIKE: Well, if I see a good joke in this movie, fine. > > Ivan shakes his head dismally. MIKE: I'm surrounded by idiots! > > 67 EXT. ROPE BRIDGE - DAY 67 > > The Rangers crest a hill and Adam, who's in the lead, suddenly > drops TOM: His pants MIKE: I REALLY gotta go! > down - the others following suit. MIKE: But Billy play's his Trump card, winning this hand. > > They peer over the ridge -- their eyes wide. CROW: So they're Japanimation all of the sudden? > > Before them, a tenuous rope bridge MIKE: Uh-oh... Rope bridge... TOM: Oh, God. > leads to a vast rock > landing. The ocean RAGES BELOW. CROW: A rope bridge over an OCEAN? That's one HELL of a rope bridge! > > On top of the island is the Nathadian Monolith. It's a mind- > boggling wonder from another time and place. Mike: Wisconin! TOM: Yeah, RGHT... > > Between the Rangers and the bridge, the Tengu Warriors are on > patrol. CROW: D'oh! > > KIMBERLY > Man, these are the last guys I > wanted to see. > > AISHA > Whadda we do now? > > Kimberly surveys the area. > > BILLY > That's the only way to the > Monolith... TOM: Of course. > > ROCKY > We can take these guys! > > Tommy pulls all of them into a huddle. CROW: 36... 24... 36... HIKE! <6 5 4 3 2 @> > 68 EXT. ROPE BRIDGE - DAY 68 > > The Tengu are on full alert. One of them hears something, > snaps around, there's nothing there. > > Another Tengu looks down as a frog hops between his leg. He > SCREECHES and STOMPS down his taloned foot, missing the > creature by inches. MIKE: Hey! Don't step on poor defenseless little amphibians, you mean old- ! TOM: Mike...? MIKE: Yes? TOM: It's just a movie script, Mike... Don't get so involved. > > We hear a CAW and the Queen Tengu squints as she spots a > falcon circling in the sky above. MIKE: Which starts pooping on her. TOM: In THIS movie, it wouldn't surprise me! > The Queen is perched on top > of a 20 foot rock face. She looks around hesitantly. > > Now the Rangers ATTACK, some of them LUNGING OFF ROCKS, others > BURSTING out of crevices, others coming over the walls. ALL: You name it... > > Billy wields his WHISTLING sticks -- misses several times, > then starts BASHING and THWACKING the feathered beasts. > > The Queen SHOOTS A LASER BLAST MIKE: Whoah! TOM: Hey, no fair! CROW: Typical Tengu... Bring laser-shooting eyes to a Ninjetti fight! > from her eyes -- it EXPLODES > before Tommy. > > Kimberly battles another Tengu and the creature forces her > back on to the rickety bridge. MIKE: Rope bridge, guys... CROW: It's gonna break at any minute... > > The Queen FIRES ANOTHER BLAST. > > ROCKY > LOOK OUT! MIKE: Brilliant, Rocky! TOM: Napoleon really coulda used this guy in Russia. > > Rocky DIVES, knocking Aisha away from the bolt. > > Adam and one of the Tengu circle each other warily. > > ADAM > The frog silently assesses its > target, then strikes out... CROW: Oh, THAT'S smart, Adam- say it out loud so he knows what you're gonna do... > > Suddenly the Tengu is HURTLED BACKWARD TEN FEET THROUGH THE > AIR. We didn't even see Adam move. MIKE: He's telekinetic! TOM: COOL! > > ADAM > ... in the blink of an eye. CROW: ...or less, or you're pizza's free! > > Tommy steps up behind a Tengu. > > TOMMY > Yo, Tweety! > > The Tengu turns around and Tommy WHALLOPS HIM WITH A SPINNING- > HEEL KICK. A Tengu faces down Aisha and she goes into a bear > stance. > > AISHA > The bear is sturdy as a towering > tree. Nothing can uproot it. > > The Tengu CHARGES LIKE A BULL, SLAMS INTO AISHA. She holds > fast and the bird EXPLODES INTO A CLOUD OF FEATHERS. MIKE: Whoah! TOM: JUST feathers? That's all they're made of? MIKE: Apparently. > > AISHA > Bye, bye birdy. > > Kimberly continues balancing precariously on the bridge as she > EXCHANGES BLOWS with her foe. > > She finally drops into a crane stance... then just like Dulcea > she LEAPS THROUGH THE AIR, EXECUTES A BRUTAL SPINNING HELL > KICK and sends the birdman TUMBLING OFF THE BRIDGE. MIKE: He can't recover and fly to safety? > > In a movement that seems to defy gravity, she lands perfcctly > back on the swinging bridge. > > KIMBERLY > Hasta la Pasta, Bigbird! TOM: Hey! That's Billy's line! Well, Billy's clone's line, but still... > > Billy swings his sticks, BASHES one of the Tengu in the beak > -- the creature EXPLODES INTO A CLOUD OF FEATHERS! > > BILLY > AIM FOR THEIR BEAKS! TOM: Gee, they seemed to be doing fine with their previous strategies. > > Tommy reaches the top of a rack. He sees a Tengu making a > KAMIKAZE DIVE TOWARD KIMBERLY. TOMMY DIVES, SOARING THIRTY > FEET THROUGH THE AIR -- HE INTERCEPTS THE TENGU AND THEY SPIN > TOWARD EARTH TOGETHER. They HIT the ground and EXCHANGE BLOWS > AS THEY FALL OVER ONE ANOTHER. CROW: They're head over heels in love! > > Rocky SLAMS another Tengu in the beak, KABLAM MIKE: Any show with hosts named "Henry" and "June" is cool by me! > -- the creature > is OBLITERATED. > > Tommy LEAPS INTO THE AIR, NAILS two Tengu in the beaks. They > BOTH BURST IN AN EXPLOSION OF FEATHERS. CROW: So, basically, there's a lot of feathers flying around at this point? MIKE: Pretty much. > > The Queen shoots another BOLT OF ENERGY -- a rock EXPLODES, > SHOWERING THE KIDS WITH SHRAPNEL. MIKE: I've been hit! MEDIC! > Aisha turns to Rocky. TOM: Ya know, I've never "been with" a guy before... CROW: Don't worry, I have! > > AISHA > It's up to you. > > Rocky takes a deep breath, goes into a crouch position. > Incredibly he SCALES THE WALL IN THE SAME WAY HE WENT UP THE > POLE. ALL: > HE FLIPS OVER THE TOP and lands right before the Queen > Tengu. He looks her dead in the eye. > > ROCKY > Polly wanna cracker? MIKE: Oh, I'd love one, thanks! > > With that, he executes a devastating SPINNING-HEEL KICK and > the Queen BURSTS INTO OBLIVION. > > KIMBERLY > ALL RIGHT, ROCKY! > > Instantly, the remaining Tengu retreat, SQUAWKING and CAWWING > in rage. The kids turn to eaeh other, sharing in a moment of > triumph. > > ADAM > WE DID IT!! CROW: ORGY! ORGY! > > > 72 EXT. ANGEL GROVE TOWER - DAY 72 > > We're on top of a high tower overlooking the entire city > There's a BURST OF PURPLE SMOKE -- Ivan, Mordant and Goldar > appear. Ivan looks out on the city, holds up his arms > theatrically. TOM: Friends, Romans, Country men! > > IVAN > ANGEL GROVE... I'D LIKE TO > INTRODUCE YOU TO A COUPLE OF MY > NEAREST AND DEAREST FRIENDS... > HORNITOR! ALL: > > HORNITOR APPEARS on the street ROARING like a fiend. His > enormous foot DROPS DOWN AND CRUSHES A CAR INTO OBLIVION. MIKE: My lamborghini! > > IVAN > And his trimetallic partner in > crime... SCORPITRON!! > > SCORPITRON APPEARS on the street and BASHES IN THE SIDE OF A > BUILDING, SENDING GLASS AND DEBRIS EVERYWHERE. MIKE: My- ! Ummm... > > IVAN > THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN!!! > > GOLDAR > GO IVAN!! MIKE: Go PACKERS! TOM: PACKERS win the Super Bowl! CROW: WOO-HOO! > > Mordant turns to Ivan and throws his arms up in jubilation. MIKE: Ewww. > > MORDANT > LONG LIVE THE BOOGER MAN! > > 73 INT. COMMAND CENTER - DAY 73 > > Zordon, now barely alive, watches as Alpha makes more > adjustments to his contraption. TOM: Will you stop playing with your contraption and DO something?! > > ALPHA 5 > That should do it. we won't be > able to hear them, but they > SHOULD be able to hear us. > (beat) > Here goes. > > There's STATIC and then we see the reporter again. > > NEWS REPORTER > ... the Mayor has declared a > state of emergency CROW: Wait, wouldn't the news crew AND the mayor be under Ivan's spell? TOM: I guess they're all childless. > and asked that > the city be immediately > evacuated. He has reiterated the > need for everyone to remain calm. > > We see images of PEOPLE SCREAMING THEIR GUTS out as they > CLAMBER PAST CAMERA. ALL: Waa-waa-waaaaaahhh... > > NEWS REPORTER > Angel Grove has never before > known such a crisis and we can > now only pray for the swift > arrival of the Power Rangers! TOM: Don't hold your breath, sweetie, they've got problems of their own! > > ALPHA 5 > Ay, yi, yi, yi! > > Zordon speaks in a whisper. MIKE: Stop... saying that... Or I'll... kill you. > > ZORDON > ... Alpha, keep trying! > > 74 74 > thru OMITTED thru > 75 75 > > 75A EXT. MONOLITH - DAY 75A > > The kids climb up on top of the rock bluff -- before them is a > huge black Monolith. There's all sorts of charred bones and > skeletons strewn around it, some of them human, some of them > alien. MIKE Well, yeah, seeing as they ARE on another planet. CROW: HEY, the rope bridge never broke! TOM: Hey, yeah! MIKE: Wow... > > They approach the massive block, stand before it in awe struck > silence. In the middle of the Monolith there's a large circle > with the six animals of the Ninjetti carved into it. > > ROCKY > ... The Nathadian Monolith... MIKE: Are the "Rocky's an idiot" jokes getting old yet? TOM: Yes. MIKE: Ok. > > Kimberly looks at all the bones -- instinctively puts her hand > on her animal symbol. > > KIMBERLY > I guess these guys weren't so > lucky. > > A few of the kids walk around the Monolith, examining it more > closely. > > AISHA > We've come all this way for a > rock wall?! CROW: It was ROOOOCK WAA-AAL! MIKE: No, doesn't work... > > BILLY > There should be a way to open it. TOM: See? The guy's a genius! > > Billy &;Tommy latch their hands over the block, searching for > an opening. > > BILLY > ... Nothing. > > ROCKY > Release the power with the power. MIKE: Uh-oh... I think I smell something burning... CROW: Rocky's trying to think. MIKE Ah. TOM: I guess the "Rocky's an idiot" jokes AREN'T getting old... > > Rocky steps back, THROWS HIS SHOULDER into the Monolith with a > THUMP, winces in pain. > > AISHA > Not that kind of power. > > The kids exchange discouraged looks. > > BILLY > ... There has to be something > we're missing. MIKE: No s**t, Sherlock! > > The kids look crestfallen. > > ROCKY > It can't end like this... > > Suddenly a SIZZLE OF ELECTRICITY forms in front of them. > > KIMBERLY > What NOW! MIKE: Yes, now! > > The kids mouth's fall open as... a HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF > ZORDON'S WITHERED FACE APPEARS. He speaks in a barely > audible voice. > > ZORDON > Rangers... Ivan has invaded the > city... time is running out... > > Zordon's image FLICKERS a few times then STABILIZES again. > > ZORDON > Each of you are now in possession > of miraculous skills... but only > when the six become one will you > have the strength to harness the > Great Power. MIKE: This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. > > His IMAGE FLICKERS then FADES AWAY. > > KIMBERLY > ZORDON!! > > Billy studies the circle with zealous eyes. TOM: Billy gets turned on by monoliths. > > TOMMY > Six become one... the combined > forces of the Ninjetti. > > ROCKY > Strength in numbers!! > > They silently assemble in a line, all of them interlock: > hands. They face the Monolith with fire in their eyes. MIKE: OW!... MY EYES! > > BILLY > I am the wolf, cunning and swift! > > KIMBERLY > I am the crane, agile and > sublime! > > AISHA > I am the bear, stalwart and bold! > > ADAM > I am the frog, quick as > lightning! > > ROCKY > I am the mighty ape! > > TOMMY > And I am the Falcon, Winged Lord > of the Sky! > > RANGERS > WE... ARE THE NINJETTI!!! ALL: We are the champions, we are the champions! > > A mysterious HALO OF LIGHT SHROUDS the Rangers and they > dissapear INTO THIN AIR. CROW: Woo-hoo! They're gone! MIKE: All right! > > 75B OMITTED 75B > > 75C INT. MONOLITH - DAY 75C > > The kids BURST THROUGH A WALL CROW: That's GOTTA hurt! > OF LIGHT and come down together MIKE: Right now... Over me! > inside a vast cavern. There's a pyramid shaped steel object > in the center of the room, a RADIANT LIGHT SHINING FROM IT. > > AISHA > What HAPPENED?! > > ADAM > Where are we?! > > BILLY > Of course! The power is of > another world. Another > dimension. CROW: With voyeuristic intention? > > KIMBERLY > WE'VE GOT TEN TRIACS BEFORE WE'RE > TOAST!! > > ROCKY > That's twenty seconds!! MIKE: I thought one triac was 20 seconds, so 10 triacs would be 3 minutes and 20 seconds. > > The kids advance toward the pyramid. > > TOMMY > Release the power WITH the power. > > AISHA > What does that mean?! > > Adam notices their symbols are glowing. > > BILLY > Our SYMBOLS. > > The kids ogle the radiant emblems. MIKE: Woo-hoo! TOM: Take it off! CROW: Oh, baby! > Kimberly > takes hold of hers and it COMES OFF in her hand -- there's a > mirror on the other side. TOM: She proceeds to check her make-up and hair. > > ROCKY > Ten seconds and counting!! > > KIMBERLY > It's some kind of mirror! > > Kimberly looks at her reflection and primps her hair. TOM: D'OH! > The > other's remove their symbols. > > AISHA > Release the power with the > power. > > BILLY > I've got it! We use the mirrors > to reflect the light back into > itself!! > > ROCKY > THREE SECONDS!! > > TOMMY > LET'S DO IT!? MIKE: Ummmm... Sure, why not? TOM: But why are you asking us? > > All of them turn their mirrors toward the pyramid. A BEAM OF > LIGHT SHOOT FROM THE POWER; INTO THE MIRRORS AND BACK IN > TO THE POWER. > > We hear a RUMBLING SOUND as the earth starts to SHAKE. MIKE: Did the Earth move for you, too? > The > Rangers look to each other, horrified. > > Then everything falls still and silent... and then a miracle > happens. CROW: The movie- MIKE: Stop it, Crow. > > We hear a HARMONIOUS, OTHERWORLDLY CHORUS as the pyramid OPENS > UP, REVEALING THE MOST GLORIOUS SOURCE OF LIGHT IN THE > UNIVERSE. CROW: Lite-Brite, making things with li-ight! > > The kids shield their eyes from the brilliance, all of them > wearing wonder-struck expressions. > > SIX BEAMS OF COLORED LIGHT SHOOT OUT AND HIT EACH OF THE > RANGERS... AND THEIR POWER RANGERS UNIFORMS MATERIALIZE ON > THEM! Their visors are clear so we can see their faces. MIKE: Argh. Why? > > TOMMY > WE HAVE THE GREAT POWER!! > > Now the symbols in their hands TRANSFORM INTO... > > ROCKY > NEW POWER COINS!! MIKE: Yo, ADRIAN! > > BILLY > OUR MORPHERS ARE ON LINE! > > AISHA. > WE DID IT!! > > ADAM > HANG ON, ANGEL GROVE. > > KIMBERLY > WE'RE ON OUR WAY! TOM: Thanks for the warning! > > They hit their communicators -- they instantly TRANSFORM INTO > SIX IRIDESCENT COLUMNS OF COLOR AND BLAST OFF. > > 75D EXT. MOUNTAIN SIDE / PHAEDOS - DAY 75D > > Dulcea and Snoggle watch as the COLUMNS OF COLOR streak away > from the planet, leaving behind a RAINBOW with the six colors > of the Power Rangers. MIKE: So, there are six colored lights, right? TOM: That DOES seem to be what they're implying... CROW: THERE... ARE... FOUR... LIGHTS!!! > > SNOGGLE > Spherhlegnu. > > DULCEA > Yes, Snoggle... they now have the > Great Power of the Ninjetti! MIKE: There goes the neighborhood! <@ 2 3 4 5 6> PEARL: Oh, great, the fuzz! Well, don't worry... I'll get us out of this. I can work my feminine wiles on this loser cop like I did back on Earth ... COP: License and registration please, ma'am. PEARL: Figures... Affirmative action's a bitch... BOBO: Don't worry, Lawgiver! I can tempt this fair creature... BOBO: I say, officer... You look nice... COP: Uh-huh... Can I please see your license and registration? COP: Aaaah! Ma'am, please get your pet off my leg! PEARL: BOBO, will you KNOCK it off! PEARL: Honestly, Bobo... BRAIN GUY: Oh, AMATEURS! Here. Let me handle this.... COP: License and registration, please! BRAIN GUY: You don't need to see her license and registration. COP: I don't need to see her license and registration... BRAIN GUY: This isn't the flying red VW Microbus you're looking for. COP: This isn't the flying red VW Microbus I'm looking for. BRAIN GUY: We can go about our business. COP: You can go about your business. PEARL: What...? What are you doing? BRIAN GUY: Move along. COP: Move along. PEARL: "Nice try. I'll see you in court on the seventeenth?" Brain Guy, you craphead! She was on to you! This is going to cost me $235, and I'm going to take it out of your.... BOBO: Lawgiver, please! PEARL: ... your cerebral cortex!