Parts and Parcel

Power Rangers Turbo, Episode 43

Original Airdate: 11-18-1997

Last Time: Ashley and Cassie learned an important lesson, I think. I don't know, it just kind of petered out at the end.

Bulk and Skull have their final new jobs of the season as delivery men. T.J. admires Bulk and Skull for always working. Bulk and Skull deliver an empty box that was supposed to contain a blender to Lt. Stone. Bulk and Skull attribute the missing blender to the mysterious "day-time Thief" who has been raiding their shipments over the past few days. They notice all of their other shipments are also empty. They're a bit concerned because their boss thinks that they've been stealing the packages and is threatening to have them arrested. T.J. believes in Bulk and Skull and decides to help them. Oh....maybe Bulk and Skull should hold out for a better Ranger. The three decide to have a stakeout. Credits!

The three, dressed in all black, plant a fake package at the warehouse to draw out the thief. Man, I don't think sneaking around in all black is the best course of action if you're trying to divert suspicion. Plus, it's Southern California and T.J. is black....no, this plan cannot end well. Bulk and Skull hide in a giant box. T.J. goes up onto a stack of boxes. The stakeout begins! Later, Bulk and Skull send T.J. to go get some food.

Up in space, Porto and Rygog are finishing up another evil zord. They're apparently out of monsters. They've also rigged up a remote control so Rygog can control all three evil zords at once. T.J. is about to bring food back to the warehouse, but gets called off to deal with some Piranahtrons. In the warehouse, Bulk and Skull hear a sound. It's the daytime thief! Carlos, T.J. and Ashley, meanwhile, see some Piranhatrons trying to steal a phone booth. The Piranhatrons manage to stall the Rangers long enough to steal a phone. T.J. heads back to the stakeout. Unfortunately, the daytime thief has already plundered the warehouse, and Bulk and Skull were too scared to get a good look. T.J. get mad for a minute, but then realizes that it's Bulk and Skull and he shouldn't have expected anything different. The stakeout team decide to regroup.

At the juice bar, Ashley and Cassie are applying makeup to Skull, in order to disguise him. T.J.: "It's stakeout time!" He's managed to get the other Rangers involved, and they've set up some sort of sting with Skull playing the part of an elderly housewife. Um....if they have girls helping them they don't really need to put a guy in drag. Anyway, Bulk delivers the fake package, but the daytime thief doesn't show up. T.J. tells Bulk to stall by delivering packages to the next house. Now, I bet you're thinking: who would be dumb enough to trigger this trap. Well, it's the only creatures in this show lowlier than Bulk and Skull, the Piranhatrons. T.J. decides to wait and see where this is going. The Piranhatrons find Skull dressed as a housewife and Bulk and Skull decide to make a tactical withdrawl. Carlos, Cassie and Ashley send the Piranhatrons to their maker. Bulk and Skull hide, and realize that the 'monsters from space stole it in order to build giant machines of death' is probably not going to be an acceptable explanation. T.J. opens the package the Piranhatrons try to steal and notes that it has circuitry. T.J. now understands what's going on. He tells Bulk and Skull to meet him at the juice bar in two hours. Bulk says that they'll be in jail in two hours. T.J. encourages them to become fugitives from the law until the meeting, in that case.

At the Power Chamber, T.J. is presenting his summation of the case. T.J. can't quite figure out what Divatox is building with the parts, however. The Catzord is finally ready, and Divatox sends it out. Alpha 6 explains that Divatox is stealing parts to create a remote control for her zords. Suddenly, the alarm goes off at Catzord attacks the city. The Rangers morph and head out. At the docks, the Blue Senturion is still dragging the mostly intact remains of the Sharkzord from last episode. Apparently it's taking him quite some time. Rygog, piloting the Catzord, manages to remote control the Sharkzord back to life. He also summons the Divazord from a few episodes back. The Rangers call out the Rescue Megazord, which has already managed to lose against both the Divazord and the Sharkzord. But hey, T.J.'s a gambler. T.J. elects to have the zords morph into a high-stance mode, despite the fact that that almost never works. The Robo Racer also shows up. A wild 6-on-3 melee breaks out, but the Rangers eventually get defeated. Divatox is pleased and orders Rygog to blast them at full strength. Porto suggest that she might not want to do that. Divatox demurs, and orders Rygog to use full power. The Catzord erupts into sparks. The Rangers somehow steal power from Catzord, and form the Rescue Megazord. T.J. is unsatsified at only using one megazord and calls out the Turbo Megazord as well. T.J. can apparently drive the Turbo Megazord by himself. They call for artillery power, and each megazord gets a gun. The Divazord and the Sharkzord go down into darkness. The two zords use their one-time-only joint finisher as the Rescue Megzord shoots its Artillery Power, and the Turbo Megazord cuts through the bullets, somehow making them stronger. It's an odd little attack. The Catzord goes down as well. Divatox swears that she will defeat the Rangers at any cost.

At the juice bar, Bulk and Skull are wearing disguises to avoid wrongful imprisonment. They aren't very good disguises, though. Their boss shows up with some police officers, and orders the officers to throw away the key. Whoa, even if Bulk and Skull were guilty, petty theft isn't exactly the sort of thing you get that long a sentence for. Bulk and Skull try telling the truth. It doesn't work. The moral of today's episode is that in the face of difficulty, don't be afraid to lie if it can get you off the hook. The Rangers, still morphed, show up and bail Bulk and Skull out of trouble. T.J. bids for the "Power to protect you both." Um...I've seen the next two episodes, that power ain't gonna protect nobody. The Rangers teleport out, and T.J. walks in about a half-second later. Bulk and Skull leave, satisfied, but not before Bulk calls T.J. "a-Okay." T.J. apparently said the same thing about Bulk and Skull. The Rangers and Bulk and Skull have finally reached detente. Show Over!

Next Time: Le Morte d'Turbeaux Megazord.