Cassie's Best Friend

Power Rangers Turbo, Episode 38

Original Airdate: 11-11-1997

Last Time: The finer points of soccer were debated. Also, I hate Miami. That doesn't really have anything to do with last episode, I just thought I should share.

Down at the beach, the Rangers are hanging out. Cassie's playing with her heretofore unseen dog. The dog's name is Jetson. That's either a really good name for a dog or a really bad one, and I can't decide. Up in space, Elgar is fixing the Terrorzord from last episode. Porto introduces today's monster, Mr. Goorific. He can turn anything to an animal by spraying it with goo. Okay, things have gone off the rails at record speed. Mr. Goorific demonstrates by turning a Piranhatron into a mouse. Divatox is once again disappointed by the quality of her monsters, but sends Mr. Goorific out, nonetheless. The attack on the Rangers begins. Ol' Goo shoots some exploding goo at the Rangers, because apparently he can do that as well. Jetson is tied up to a post, but wants to help. Credits!

The Rangers fight some Piranhatrons and Jetson is still trying to get free and help the Rangers. Mr. Goorific tries to use his goo on Cassie, but manages to turn a Piranhatron into a turtle instead. Mr. Goorific flees. The Rangers regroup and Cassie comforts Jetson. At the juice bar, the Rangers are hanging out, they brought Jetson. Lt. Stone apparently doesn't give a shit about any health code! Bulk and Skull are looking for new jobs again and aren't very successful because they are using a month-old classifieds section. Cassie offers to get them a curent newspaper, via use of Jetson, who is able to take money, operate a newspaper dispenser (what are those called?) and bring back at paper. He also brings back change, which he seemed to have been holding in his paw. Bulk and Skull are understandably confused as to how this sequence of events could have possibly occurred. Cassie and Jetson head out.

Later, Cassie is saying that she sometimes wishes Jetson was a person. Yeah, you call tell where this is headed. Mr. Goorific teleports in to give his magical goo another shot. He is very determined to cover Cassie in his magical goo. Jetson cares not for such provacative attack plans and rushes the monster. Cassie morphs as Mr. Goorific wonders what spraying his goo on a dog would do. Oh, Mr. Goorific, have you no sense of decency? Jetson continues to rush at Mr. Goorific, who decides to run for it. Jetson pushes Mr. Goorific down a hill, but gets hit by the goo and seemingly disappears. Mr. Goorific decides to retreat and teleports out. Cassie can't find Jetson. Meanwhile, at the bottom of the hill, Jetson's collar is attached...to a man!

Back from commercials, Human-Jetson is confused by his situation, and also realizes that he needs some clothes. Cassie rushes back to the juice bar to get some help looking for the dog, and Bulk and Skull recall that they were detectives last season and they and the Rangers head out to find the wayward dog. Elsewhere, Jetson sees a flier that the Rangers put up to help find him. He heads down to the juice bar, as indicated on the poster. Jetson introduces himself to Cassie as he can talk, he adopts the name Jethro so as to avoid suspicion. He presents Jetson's collar to Cassie, which picques her interest. She, Jethro and Justin head out to the park to find the dog. Obviously, they don't, but they do notice Jethro sniffing another dog in the park. Jethro's alibi: He was asking around with the other dogs. The moral of today's episode is that dogs are terrible liars.

Jethro, realizing that as a human he now lacks a place to live and any real skills, offer to help Cassie look for Jetson some more. Cassie and Jethro put some fliers on car windshields. Blue Senturion, arrest them for making a public nuisance! Jethro suggests Dr. Simon, Jetson's veternarian. Cassie finds it odd that in addition to knowing the name of the local veternarian, Jethro also knows that it's Jetson's veternarian. Jethro stammers for a while, his canine instincts making him unable to effectively prevaricate, until Bulk and Skull show up with a dachsund, even though Jetson was a golden lab. Bulk and Skull have apparently been using a hot dog advertisement as their visual guide. Jethro is able to communicate with the dog, and tells Cassie that the dog is lost and needs to be taken home. Everyone finds this a bit odd. Jethro lies poorly about how he once saw the dog at the park and that's how he knows it's name and home. Cassie accepts this wholly unbelievable explanation.

She and Jethro return the dog to its rightful home. Cassie muses on how she wishes Jethro could find Jetson. At the park, Cassie watches a dog play, and Jetson gets himself and Cassie something to eat. Cassie misses Jetson, but Jethro volunteers to play with her instead. They play frisbee

Up in space, repairs on the Terrorzord are continuing. Cassie and Jethro head back to the juice bar, but Jethor hangs back a minute. He's holding fake dog paws in his hands for some reason. Oh, wait, that means he's turning back into a dog! He decides to conceal it the best he can for now. Something tells me that this is an unsustainable strategy. Jethro decides to try one last lie, and claims that he has to go back with his family away from Angel Grove, forever, and that he'll never, never be able to contact Cassie again. Cassie is bummed as Jethro leaves. Alpha 6 contacts her, Ashley and Carlos to send to a fight with Mr. Goorific already in progress. Cassie tries to take away Mr. Goorific's goo tube, but fails, and Mr. Goorific appears poised to spread his goo all over her prone body. Jetson, now a dog again, shows up and mauls the monster severely.

The Terrorzord suddenly shows up again. The Rangers are fucked. The Rescue Megazord gets called out, and the traditional Rescue Megazord fanfare is played, informing the audience that the Rangers are strong, tough, and invincible. Last episode, as you might recall, the Rescue Megazord get the crap kicked out of it, making such pronouncements the height of underseved arrogance. Divatox decides to go all in, and supersizes Mr. Goorific with the torpedoes. The Blue Senturion and his Robo Racer show up. The upsizing of Mr. Goorific turns out to be a tragic mistake, as the Rescue Megazord is able to steal his goo and turn the Terrorzord into a camel. Mr Goorific couldn't take a dog, so he definitely can't survive Artillery Power, and he doesn't.

Back at the juice bar, Bulk and Skull are still looking for Jetson, passing by the dog, back in the possession of Cassie, in the process. Cassie says that Jetson reminds her of Jethro, and that finally gets the wheels in her brain turning. Unfortunately, her mind cannot accept the possibility that Jethro and Jetson are one and the same, and the episode mercifully, thankfully, graciously ends. Show Over!

Next Time: T.J. learns a lesson about the importance of pitch recognition!