List of Power Rangers RPM episodes
| Power Rangers RPM | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC Kids |
| Original release | March 7 – December 26, 2009 |
Power Rangers RPM is an American television series and the seventeenth season of the Power Rangers franchise, began airing on March 7, 2009 on ABC Kids. Power Rangers RPM comprises 32 episodes and concluded its initial airing on December 26, 2009. RPM uses footage and elements from the Super Sentai series Engine Sentai Go-onger. Regular cast members during RPM include Eka Darville, Ari Boyland, Rose McIver, Milo Cawthorne, Daniel Ewing, Mike Ginn, Li Ming Hu, Olivia Tennet, James Gaylyn and Adelaide Kane.
With the re-branding of Jetix to Disney XD, all Power Rangers shows were dropped from the channel in the United States and RPM was only broadcast during the ABC Kids block on ABC stations. It was the final season to be distributed by Disney and Renaissance-Atlantic Entertainment before the franchise was re-acquired by Haim Saban and his company Saban Capital Group.
Episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 669 | 1 | "The Road to Corinth" | Mike Smith | Eddie Guzelian | March 7, 2009 |
| Everyone on Earth is forced into the domed city of Corinth, for it is their last safe haven from the computer virus known as Venjix. While everyone makes it safely into Corinth, a mysterious stranger later known as Dillon is seen outside the dome. Trying to find the city of Corinth, a man known as Ziggy Grover offers to take him there. Safely making it inside past Venjix's soldiers, known as Grinders, the city is being attacked by a Generation 5 Attack Bot. However, three people: Scott Truman, Ranger Operator Series Red, Flynn McAllistair, Ranger Operator Series Blue, and Summer Landsdown, Ranger Operator Series Yellow, all of which were previously seen before, step in to take down Venjix's forces. They are known as the Power Rangers.[1] | |||||
| 670 | 2 | "Fade to Black" | Mike Smith | Eddie Guzelian | March 7, 2009 |
| Ziggy & Dillon make it inside, but so do some of Venjix's forces. Now the Rangers have to deal with the attacking forces. The two new members of the city are arrested when Dillon is found to have internal Venjix Hardware. But with Venjix growing stronger, who can the Rangers choose to activate Series Black?[2] | |||||
| 671 | 3 | "Rain" | Mike Smith | Eddie Guzelian | March 14, 2009 |
| Dillon is given the chance to become the Black Ranger, but even after he passes all the tests, he himself still doesn't want to. After realizing he can protect others with the power he accepts the role, but he still has some obstacles to overcome.[3] | |||||
| 672 | 4 | "Go for the Green" | Jonathan Brough | Jackie Marchand | March 21, 2009 |
| The Rangers begin to search for a candidate for the Ranger Series Green. After auditioning several colorful candidates they give up. After Ziggy's past catches up to him he encounters a young woman who seems perfect. She turns out to be Tenaya 7 in disguise. Ziggy is forced to bond with the Morpher and become the Green Ranger.[4] | |||||
| 673 | 5 | "Handshake" | Jonathan Brough | John Tellegen | March 28, 2009 |
| Dillon must learn how to use his invincibility shield when Tenaya 7 tries to bring down Corinth's shield. Dillon and Ziggy use their Zords to help the Megazord, and Doctor K finally reveals "his" identity as a teenage girl.[5] | |||||
| 674 | 6 | "Ranger Green" | Jonathan Brough | Eddie Guzelian | April 4, 2009 |
| Ziggy and Doctor K clash as he undergoes training, while a magnetic Venjix monster launches an assault on the city. Ziggy's criminal past is revealed to the Rangers, as is how he angered the cartels by sending black-market medical supplies to an orphanage; Doctor K emerges from the base to save him from being executed by the mobsters, though she remains antagonistic to him.[5][6] | |||||
| 675 | 7 | "Ranger Red" | Vanessa Alexander | John Tellegen | April 11, 2009 |
| After fending off a squad of Grinders, Ziggy and Dillon try to summon the Croc Carrier, but it goes out of control and requires rare technology, which only Scott knows about. However, Scott goes out alone into the desert and tries to get the part from his brother's plane wreckage. But then the newest Attack Bot attacks, leaving Scott to need to get saved by his father Colonel Truman. Scott delivers Doctor K the engine part, allowing Ziggy and Dillon to form the ValveMax Megazord and destroy the Attack Bot. At the end, Colonel Truman reads the lost and found recommendation letter from Marcus, which pointed out Scott's abilities. | |||||
| 676 | 8 | "Ranger Yellow, Part 1" | Vanessa Alexander | Jackie Marchand | April 18, 2009 |
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Tenaya 7 attacks Corinth with the Boombot while the Rangers and Doctor K answer questions from some school kids, which makes Summer remember her past as a spoiled rich kid. The Rangers fight and destroy the Boombot, only to discover it is a decoy and that Tenaya 7 has gone in search of a rare black diamond owned by Summer's parents. After defeating Tenaya 7, Summer tells the other Rangers that she promised to get married if her parents gave her enough space and let her temporarily become a Ranger until sometime later in the future when she would be taken back home. This episode was featured in the 2013 Colors of Courage Marathon. | |||||
| 677 | 9 | "Ranger Yellow, Part 2" | Vanessa Alexander | Jackie Marchand | April 25, 2009 |
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Summer's parents reveal to her that they are broke, and need her to marry Chaz Winchester for his family's money. Dillon and Scott are still arguing about whether or not Summer is making the right decision on going along with the marriage to get the diamond, and keep it safe from Tenaya 7. After she is abandoned in the desert, Andrews finds her and helps her get close to Corinth before they get attacked by Grinders. Andrews dies, but tells Summer to make it safe. Scott tells Mr. Landsdown about the "new" Summer, and how she saved him. This episode was featured in the 2013 Colors of Courage Marathon. | |||||
| 678 | 10 | "Ranger Blue" | Charlie Haskell | Madellaine Paxson | May 2, 2009 |
| A malfunction in his Time Manipulation Burst causes Flynn to be sidelined as the other Rangers face off against Tenaya 7 and her Grinders. While waiting for Doctor K to come up with a solution, Flynn looks back on his life leading up to Venjix's attack and how he came to be the Blue Ranger. | |||||
| 679 | 11 | "Doctor K" | Charlie Haskell | Matthew Negrete | May 9, 2009 |
| While attempting to overcome a power problem with the Rangers' new zord configuration, Doctor K is haunted by memories of her childhood being held at the "Alphabet Soup" think tank and a terrible mistake for which she has tried to make up for. | |||||
| 680 | 12 | "Blitz" | Charlie Haskell | Eddie Guzelian | May 16, 2009 |
| Dillon has a dream about his past when the Rangers are called into action. Venjix sends multiple monsters, wearing the Rangers down, and Dillon must make an important decision when he confronts the monster that has his stolen memories. He decides to keep his new memories and forget everything. | |||||
| 681 | 13 | "Brother's Keeper" | Jonathan Brough | John Tellegen | May 23, 2009 |
| Tenaya 7 implants a remote device on Dillon's back of his neck which makes him fall under the control of Venjix and makes his bionic implants begin to take over his body. When he tries to leave the city, Dillon finds himself chained by Scott, leaving the rest of the Rangers to seek out the means to help him. | |||||
| 682 | 14 | "Embodied" | Jonathan Brough | Eddie Guzelian | June 13, 2009 |
| Dillon seeks to find more about his past by traveling to Omega City with the other Rangers in the GO-ONGER vehicle. They are sidetracked when Venjix downloads himself into a Generation 13 Attack Bot. When things look bad for the Rangers, two new and unknown Rangers appear to help. They then disappear, leaving the five Rangers in wonder of their identities. | |||||
| 683 | 15 | "Ghosts" | Jonathan Brough | Eddie Guzelian | June 20, 2009 |
| The Rangers arrive at Omega City only to discover it was all a trap set by Venjix. In the midst of trying to escape, they are ambushed and overwhelmed by Venjix forces, but are saved by Rangers Gold and Silver who, this time, fight off their assailants in person. The seven Rangers then return to Corinth, where Rangers Gold and Silver finally reveal themselves as Gem and Gemma, long lost friends of Dr. K from the Alphabet Soup facility. | |||||
| 684 | 16 | "In or Out" | Mike Smith | John Tellegen | July 4, 2009 |
| Scott decides to join Gem and Gemma in a more offensive approach in the battle against Venjix. Colonel Truman defaults to his usual "defend the city" tactics and ends up trapping everyone inside while a Venjix bot sucks all the air out of the city. The remaining Rangers make a deadly escape from Corinth and regroup with Scott in order to save the city. | |||||
| 685 | 17 | "Prisoners" | Mike Smith | Madellaine Paxson | July 11, 2009 |
| Dillon hears Gem & Gemma humming a tune identical to the one from his pocket watch. They inform him that they learned it from a blind girl they befriended in a Venjix work camp, and that the tune came from a pocketwatch belonging to the girl's brother Dillon, convinced that his sister is still there, mounts a rescue attempt with the help of Summer and Ziggy while Scott and Flynn attempt to hold off a dangerous new attack bot. Dr. K and the Rangers learn that Venjix is building a doomsday weapon, and must venture back to the facility to destroy it. | |||||
| 686 | 18 | "Belly of the Beast" | Mike Smith | Matthew Negrete | August 1, 2009 |
| The Rangers must return to the factory where the doomsday device is being built. Dillon attempts to find his sister before it's too late. Dillon discovers that he, Summer, Gem & Gemma are in his sister's cell. Summer finds the key that belonged to Dillon's sister at Venjix factory that matches Dillon's key. | |||||
| 687 | 19 | "Three's a Crowd" | Peter Salmon | John Tellegen | August 8, 2009 |
| Gem & Gemma's "blow things up and ask questions later" motto is getting quite out of hand. They follow a trail they think might lead to the Venjix Palace and end up walking right into a trap. They must learn to work together with the other Rangers as a team and in turn form a new Megazord configuration called the SkyRev Megazord. | |||||
| 688 | 20 | "Heroes Among Us" | Peter Salmon | Judd Lynn | August 15, 2009 |
| In an effort to impress his father, Scott makes a reckless trip out to the wasteland. He and Gem stumble upon human prisoners and their field trip turns into a rescue mission. Venjix test-drives his new and improved robotic form. His new body doesn't hold up very well against the Rangers. Scott talks to Dillon about the Venjix Prisoners Camp where humans are infected with the Venjix virus, and Grinders make human hybrids like Dillon, his sister & the other at the Venjix Palace. | |||||
| 689 | 21 | "Not So Simple" | Peter Salmon | Matthew Negrete | August 22, 2009 |
| For the first time, Gem and Gemma split up on something. Gemma believes in what Flynn can do. Together, they work on a wheelzord on the side. With all their resources used up, Dr. K has to trust the untested technology and they use it to destroy the latest attack bot. | |||||
| 690 | 22 | "The Dome Dolls" | Mike Smith | John Tellegen | September 5, 2009 |
| A Chemical Attack Bot attacks the city and puts all men fast asleep. Now, the women of Corinth, led by Summer, all have to work together and save the day. Dr. K works on an antidote to awaken the men of Corinth City. | |||||
| 691 | 23 | "And….Action" | Mike Smith | Judd Lynn | September 12, 2009 |
| For the first time ever join Ziggy as he takes you behind the scenes & bloopers of Power Rangers. See how explosions and stunts are really done, as well as the funny moments that don’t make it into the episode, but keep the Power Ranger set a lively place to work as a Ranger. The Rangers & Dr. K are sitting on the couch to watch their episode. | |||||
| 692 | 24 | "Ancient History" | Mike Smith | John Tellegen | September 19, 2009 |
| Untested technology is found in an Alphabet Soup dumping ground. Colonel Truman tries to keep the technology from Venjix and comes across a video log that pins Dr. K responsible for the start of Venjix. Colonel Truman wants to arrest Dr. K. but if he does, then she wouldn’t be able to help the Rangers with the dangerous Paleomax technology. | |||||
| 693 | 25 | "Key to the Past" | Mike Smith | Jeffrey Newman | September 26, 2009 |
| It dawns on Dillon that the two keys to his musical pocketwatch fit together to play another tune -- the same one that Tenaya 7 whistles. Tenaya 7 is hit by memories of her past. She does some investigating on her own and finds out what really happened to her. Dillon finds out Tenaya 7 is his long lost sister. | |||||
| 694 | 26 | "Beyond a Doubt" | Charlie Haskell | Judd Lynn | September 26, 2009 |
| Tenaya 7 & Dillon go to Venjix palace to retrieve codes to stop an Attack Bot. Dillon is left wondering which side she is on when she turns him into Venjix. With the stolen codes, Dr. K is able to configure the RPM Ultrazord. Kilobyte captures Tenaya 7 before she can reunite with the Rangers. | |||||
| 695 | 27 | "Control-Alt-Delete" | Charlie Haskell | David Garber | October 3, 2009 |
| Dillon's search for Tenaya is put on hold when Scott is in trouble. Scott was shot with a key that allows Shifter to control him. The Rangers do their best to save their leader when they come face to face with Tenaya 15. She has been reprogrammed with one mission: Serve Venjix. Dr. K makes a gun whose shots can make Tenaya susceptible to mind control. | |||||
| 696 | 28 | "Run Ziggy Run" | Charlie Haskell | John Tellegen | October 3, 2009 |
| It's time for Ziggy to pay back the $5 million he owes Fresno Bob. Tenaya 15 makes a deal with Fresno Bob to give him Ziggy in exchange for a certain case. Instead, she double-crosses Fresno Bob and Ziggy ends up saving him. The Rangers deploy Dr. K's Rail Saber weapon against the latest Attack Bot. Fresno Bob and Ziggy are now even. | |||||
| 697 | 29 | "If Venjix Won" | Charlie Haskell | Tiffany Louie | December 19, 2009 |
| Ziggy and Doctor K are accidentally teleported into a distant cave outside of Corinth. The remaining Rangers need to find out the password to Dr. K's computer and retrieve them, but their efforts instead triggers a time capsule recording complied by Dr K, to be played only if Venjix attained absolute victory.[5] | |||||
| 698 | 30 | "End Game" | Mike Smith | John Tellegen | December 19, 2009 |
| Venjix’s end game is about to reveal itself. Every Attack Bot has been a calculating step closer to his plan. The city is filled with hybrids just like Dillon. Venjix is going to activate them all and Corinth will be brought down.[5] | |||||
| 699 | 31 | "Danger and Destiny, Part I" | Mike Smith | Judd Lynn | December 26, 2009 |
| When a magnetic wave cuts off Corinth's electricity, the Rangers are left vulnerable to attack from Venjix's army of sleeper hybrids. Ziggy embarks on a solo mission to rescue Dr. K, who was kidnapped by Venjix, when The Garage is compromised; Venjix deletes two Rangers, Gem and Gemma; and Venjix's hardware inside Dillon's body begins to take control over him. Tenaya has returned to the good side thanks to Dr. K's antidote, and Kilobyte is destroyed. At Dr. K's destroyed lab, the Rangers appeal to her to help them. Tenaya refuses at first, but Flynn convinces her to do so since Dillon's life is in danger. | |||||
| 700 | 32 | "Danger and Destiny, Part II" | Mike Smith | Judd Lynn | December 26, 2009 |
| Dr. K. develops another virus to counter the Venjix virus, but it must be inserted into Venjix himself in order to be activated. Tenaya agrees to insert the virus into the Venjix network. Despite being short a few members, the remaining Rangers vow to soldier on before Venjix can regroup his armies. Gem and Gemma return with help from Dr. K. Venjix is destroyed when Gem and Gemma destroy the support beams to the Command Center and drop it onto Venjix. The Earth is now safe for humanity to live and prosper once more. In the last scene, red light appears in Ranger Red's morpher. | |||||
References
- ↑ "Power Rangers R.P.M. Episodes". TV Guide.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- ↑ "Power Rangers R.P.M. Episodes". TV Guide.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- ↑ "Power Rangers R.P.M. Episodes". TV Guide.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- ↑ "Power Rangers R.P.M. Episodes". TV Guide.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- 1 2 3 4 "Power Rangers R.P.M. - Power Rangers R.P.M. Spoilers, Episode Guides, Message Board". TV Guide.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- ↑ "Power Rangers R.P.M. Episodes". TV Guide.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
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