Power Rangers Survey 31: Favorite Weapon.

Yes, that's right, I'm going with the extra one. I'd like to go with Tommy's dagger flute, which is always going to be classic. But in all honesty, I've gotta say my eye has recently been caught by one of the newest weapons in the series, which I like to call the WHOABIGSWORD!


My second choice would be Zach and Adam's Power Axe.

It's an Axe that transforms into a gun! That is like...a hundred other weapons in this series. But what do all these weapons have in common aside from that function? They are all AWESOME!

Power Rangers Survey 30: Favorite Finale.

That's right ladies and gentlemen, we are finally here. Finally I have completed this goddamn survey and can do something else with my time. BTW, I don't think Postively Dreadful part 2 is coming out, sorry (Seriously, I am sorry, I just can't seem to complete it).

And the climatic ending to this thirty part epic is...Countdown to Destruction...which I already talked about last time...awkward. How about instead I talk about why I like the movie?



A lot of fans like to pretend the movie never happened because it wasn't very good and full of cliches. But by the standards of at least early power rangers, it was excellent! Most people also believe that it takes place in an alternate dimension, and I can easily see why, but I can't really watch it and think that. Yeah, the bad guys have a pig and are missing Squatt and Baboo, and obviously the film ends with complete contradiction to the actual series canon, as well as multiple other contradictions such as Zordon actually being inside the tube.

But you know what? I find it really hard to care, because it's fun. In fact the only true complaint that I can think of is that the film didn't have Jason, Trini and Zach, and that is almost completely unavoidable. Oh, and the zord fights were a little choppy, but I still thought they were fun.

Also, Ivan Ooze is actually pretty funny if your into that with your super villains.

Power Rangers Survey 29: Favorite Story Arc/Episode.

An excellent question actually. How about I tell you my favorite epiodeS? Well, that I can remember. Keep in mind these are ones that I have seen, and despite being a big fan, I haven't actually seen that many over the whole series. I may also not know the right names.

Day of the Dumpster: The original, the episode that started it all. Not exactly the classic I remembered as a kid, but by god it's still a ton of fun. It's got all the essentials, namely fighting, Bulk and Skull and Zords. All of these can be found in almost every episode. This is why I lvoed Migty Morphin.

White Light: The first appearance of the White Ranger. To be honest I saw this on the Best of Power Rangers DVD, but I still enjoyed it regardless of continuity. Of course it isn't perfect, for one, the Zord fight is incredibly lackluster, what with the monster of the week, Nimrod the Scarlet Sentinel and his sidekicks AC and DC looking completely non threatening and being poorly edited in to look like the Rangers are fighting it. And even though the majority of my love for the series is based around status quo, I have to say the image of Tommy descending in the suit is incredibly badass.

Countdown to Destruction: Even a Status Quo Nazi like myself cannot help but find this episode awesome. We should have had more of Bulk and Skull fighting.

Powewr Rangers Survey 28: Favorite Under a Spell.

I actually feel a little guilty. On the one hand I am kind of neglecting updating this thing, but on the other, I said I was trying to move away from Mighty Morphin' for these answers. Well I'm sorry, but I grew up with Mighty Morphin' so the majority of my answers are gonna come from there. As such, I nominate the immortal Green with Evil Saga, one of the most famous and popular PR stories of all time and the introduction for Tommy Oliver. Yeah, his personality was kind of bland, but for a show like this, that means very little. In the early years, anyway.

This was the first time we saw the Rangers really get their asses kicked, so you knew this was big from the start. I'm not quite sure if there were any hypnotised character eps before this one, but if not, this is the father of the whole PR trope.

Power Rangers Survey 27: Favorite Morpher.

I can honestly say I have never really cared for the Morphers, so I'm gonna go with Mighty Morphin'.

Power Rangers Survey 26: Favorite Morph Call/Sequence.

One of the few I remember apart from the MM was the Lightspeed Rescue morph. Most people have complained that the LR suits look terrible and you know what? I disagree completely. Yeah, they look a little weird, but I think it works for them pretty well. But even moreso complained about is the Morph sequence, inwhich the Rangers are smothered by giant shields of goo which cover them in their suits.

Yes, it's weird, but it's a bit different to the oh so many flashing lights and the suits appearing on them. I have no problem with that, mind you.

Power Rangers Survey 25: Favorire Uniforms.

Of course I'm going to instantly think back to the Mighty Morphing suits. Even without the fact that they were the first, they just have a sort of simplicity to them which states "We came first, bitches!"


However, if I had to choose something that wasn't out of nostalgia, I'm going to choose the Wild Force uniforms. Keep in mind that this is off the top of my head and chances are that there is probably another uniform I like a little more. And ironically, because they remind me a little of the Mighty Morphing days.

But the real reason? The shark suit. I love this suit and think it is awesome. Maybe it's because Sharks are cool, but this suit just sort of speaks to me. It heavily reminds me of Shark-Man, a comic series by Image.
In my opinion, it was actually pretty good, being based in what I think was the future where most of the world was covered in water, meaning that our titular hero was not stuck with the same reputation as Aquaman.
However, it used an extremely Uncanny Valley artstyle, in no way helped by the often disturbing images, and only seemed to last three issues. Don't ask me why, in fact by what I understand the series had at least one year between issue one and two. Strange.

Anyway, Sharks are cool.

Power Rangers Survey 24: Favorite Zord.

Nothing will ever beat the classic Mighty Morphing Megazord. Maybe it's nostalgia, but this was one of few to actually do anything for me. For some reason, the multitude of following Zords seemed more like 'generic giant robots' and hardly interested me. Maybe this is because there were too many that didn't actually look like it was made from giant robot animals.

BTW, I saw an ep of Jungle Fury featuring a giant yellow Penguin Zord. Upon explaining my confusion for such a strange idea, random_fan gave an interesting rebuttle. Let me make this clear to you all, giant yellow penguin robots on skateboards are cool, but are in now way comparable to giant robot tyrannosaurus rex's emerging triumphantly from a volcano. This is science fact.

Power Rangers Survey 23: Favorite Non-Earth Location.

Sorry for the wait, I've been busy and lazy.


The Moon. The Moon houses one of the most iconic moments of the series, namely, Rita emerging from her Dumpster alongside her gang of miscreant space monsters. As we all know, this scene was infamously shot in broad daylight so that it did as little as possible to resemble the moon, especially considering that later on in the series, nay, later on in the EPISODE, we see the moon surrounded by the pitch black darkness.

But of course we can't forget that the moon also housed Lord Zed's palace, and the Machine Empire's place. I'm sure there's more, but I can't remember.

Power Rangers Survey 22: Favorite Earth Location.

Why none other than that glorious quarry where all those monster fights take place in so many seasons. Forget Angel Grove, the Command Centre, or The Moon, Power Rangers defining location is this Quarry. With all the monster fights, it can honestly be claimed to have brought any Ranger fan more happiness than any other.

Power Rangers Survey 21: Favorite HQ

I'm going with the Command Centre. Obviously because of nostalgia and all the usual stuff, but also because technically, it's two different HQs in one! Well, starting from Zeo anyway. It also has the honor of giving children nightmares after being destroyed twice by the villains, the second time being permenantly.

Power Rangers Survey 20: Favorite Teamup.

Forever Red. Even with a hundred restrictions placed upon it by Disney and a few plotholes, FR still manages to be complete and utter proof that Power Rangers is badass. In one of the least popular seasons, no less. In fact, I find it ironic that Forever Red is so disliked and has two of the best team ups. Weird, eh?

Power Rangers Survey 19: Favorite Friendship.

Yet again, something I never really picked up on, so I'm gonna go with the first that comes to my head, Jason and Billy. How many jocks do you know of in real life who are close friends with a quintessential nerd?

Power Rangers Survey 18: Favorite Couple (Fanon)

I had a good think about this and decided that the answer was obvious. Carter Grayson and the Megazord. Yes, I bet you didn't know the original Megazord was actually a woman.

Though we never really got to see it, behind the scenes it was a love to rival the power the Rangers used to battle evil everyday. Some saw it as scandelous for a badass, if somewhat bland Ranger to actually be romantically involved with a one hundred foot combat mech, but truly it was an inspiration to many with similar ambition, such as Divatox and Alpha, The Animairium and the Green Rangers helmet, and of course Skull and Terror Toad.

And of course we all remember the beautiful day Carter proposed, and the beautiful wedding held on Eltar by Good!Lord Zedd. But even after six years of blissful marriage, it all came to a crashing end with the Megazords' drunked one night stand with the planet Acquitar. Though it has been reported that while their relationship is over, they have started talking to each other again. Let's hope for teh best, guys.

Power Rangers Survey 17: Favorite Couple (Canon)

Um...okay...I...um. I'm gonna go with Kim and Tommy. That's right isn't it? I honestly never paid much attention to the romance aspect of these things, which is a shame considering that I seem to get annoyed when people tell me that 'Oh that part never appealed to me.' And yes Robert, I am referring to you and the Zord Fights, though at least that's justified in that almost all Zord fights lack the stuntwork seen in the regular ones.

Power Rangers Survey 16: Favorite Supporting Character.

It would be blasphemy for me not to select Bulk and Skull. I know it's two characters, but it's Bulk and Skull!

When I was a little kid, bullies were a problem for me, so seeing Bulk and Skull get tortured constantly on the show was fun. But even then I liked them as characters.

Also, let's take a minute to talk about me and bullying. Bullies have been a problem numerous times for me, but even though they did get under my skin for being dicks, over time I've come to realise...I had the worst bullies ever! Do you know how they teased me? They ran around me making motorbike noises. Yes it's annoying, yes I wanted them to leave me alone, but is that in any way tough? F*ck no!

And over time, it's just gotten worse and worse. Last year, or early this year, I got the Crowning Moment of Half Assed Bullying of my time. This bunch of guys, all acting top shit and that stood behind me and read out my Uno Cards to my friend. Wow. I mean, really? That is your attempt at being tough? In hindsight, I was probably more of a bully for ignoring them instead of acting as if that actually bothered me. But it doesn't end there! Oh no, because later on in the day they walked by and pinched me on the arm. I mean...really? I'm sorry, that is just so sad.
"Oh yeah, we took turns pinching some kid on the arm! We're f*ckin' top shit!" No, you are sad, very, very sad.

Power Rangers Survey 15: Favorite Support Staff.

We're halfway there folks. Wow, I'm doing thirty days of Power Rangers in like trhee months. Heh.

Yes, I know I am trying to branch out, but Alpha 5 is my favorite, full stop. He was silly, speaking in a funny voice and frequently shouted Aiyiyiyiyiyiyi, much to the annoyance of some fans. But other the years, you just get attached to the little guy, with his chrome dome head, his weird little visor and even his saying aiyiyiyiyiyiyi.

And most people don't like to point it out, but did you notice how he didn't make an appearance after the war on Eltar. Most people don't like to focus on thiis, but there is a good chance that the nifty little robot friend that we grew up with actually died! However, for purposes of keeping my sanity, I'm going to agree with Linkara and assume that it was him on the Astromegaship in Forever Red. That was a fun episode.

Power Rangers Survey 14: Favorite Mentor.

Of course I am going to select Zordon. When it comes to Power Rangers, you just can't beat the iconography of a giant, ghostlike head in an interdimensional tube asking for five teenagers with attitude. Admittedly, as we eventually learn as we get older, he wasn't actually as good of a mentor as he was chalked up to be, what with one time actually waiting until four of the Rangers had been EATEN before telling the two recently unbrainwashed Rangers how to defeat the monster.

But he did do a good job of keeping things togethor and even performed an epic Heroic Sacrifice at the end of In Space, that also served as a bit of a Tear Jerker considering that as someone who until recently (As in last year) was not even aware that there was an ongoing plot, I didn't know he died! However, if my Wild Mass Guessing is correct, there is still hope:

Willy Wonka is, or thinks he's Zordon.
He believes that he is, or actually is Zordon revived by some force. However, since he made some poor choices back in his era, he's approaching things differently. He has none of Zordon's magic items, but knows how to make some crazy ass candy, so he decides to create his Rangers a different way. For example, the Factory is the new Command Centre, with the business giving him a way to set things up. He's having trouble building the Zords so he's instead trying to create alternative means for the Rangers to combat giant monsters, such as the Shrink Ray. The Oompa-Loompa's are actually a massive group of Alpha's ranging from 7 to over a hundred, each with a faulty version of Alpha's friendly personality, resulting in the musical numbers. The kids are obviously intended to be his Rangers, and he's trying out giving them new abilities. His fondness for his Rangers makes his anger at their disobedience into what appears to be Wonka's submissive attitude to the children's fates. He just keeps thinking they're going to do the right thing. Then they don't.

Veruca: Wonka tries to give his new Pink Ranger control over animals, starting with Squirrels, but she's too impulsive and ends up with his failed Repellent Pheramone experiment.
Augustus: The Yellow Ranger (because even though he wears Red, he isn't really leader material) is given shapeshifting abilities after being turned to chocolate. Or at least becomes covered in it, which impedes the progress somewhat.
Mike: The Black Ranger was going to get size changing powers after helping Wonka reverse the Shrink Ray, after which he'd help work on the Zords.
Violet: The gum was a failed attempt to make a giant Ranger, but it worked excellently in giving his new Blue Ranger super human reflexes. Her chipper attitude once she's drained suggests that if approached again, she may accept the role of Ranger.
Charlie: The Red Ranger. Charlie was supposed to be granted flight by the Fizzy Lifting Drinks, but the other potential Rangers accidents derail the tour and he never gets to that room.

However, there is hope with Charlie not getting incapacitated and Violet's attitude

Yes, I am insane with no time on my hands.

Power Rangers Survey 13: Favorite Monster of the Week.

Oh, ask a rhetorical question then why don't you? The monster of the week was always my favorite part of the show as a child, and since the series has started, there have been literally hundreds of them. How can I possibly choose one out of so many? I could always choose the one that impacted me more than any other, but I can hardly say that Terror Toad and Shellshock are very good candidates, afterall they only really did much for me because they were on both on the same video that I kept renting from the video store.

No, I don't think it's fair to play favorites with the Monsters of the Week. These are the brave men, women and other that have done their part for almost two decades to make the show the legend it is today. Without them, there would have been no reason to adapt the Sentai, and thus there would be no Mighty Morphin', there would be no Time Firce, there would be no Overdrive (Not that most would complain ), and there would be no RPM. So I say to you, who is my favorite monster of the week? All of them. Because without any monsters, there would be no Power Rangers.

Power Rangers Survey 12: Favorite Villain Sidekick.

I'm of course going to go with the original sidekick, Goldar. The first enemy ever fought on the show (aside from the Putties), Goldar is one of the most recogniseable character from the shows history. Even if he later was reduced to Comic Relief, he was still a prominent character, acting as The Dragon to both Rita and Zedd. Also, he was a flying gorilla covered in gold armour, what's not to love?