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Power Rangers Turbo
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Created by Haim Saban
Toei Company
Based on Gekisou Sentai Carranger
by Toei Company
Developed by Saban Entertainment
Toei Company
ShowrunnersAnn Austen
Doug Sloan
Judd Lynn
StarringSee below
Theme music composer Ron Wasserman
ComposersKenneth Burgomaster
Jim Cushinery
Paul Gordon
Jeremy Sweet
Ron Wasserman
Inon Zur
Glenn Scott Lacey
Country of originUnited States
Japan
No. of episodes45
Production
Executive producers Haim Saban
Shuki Levy
Producer Jonathan Tzachor
Production locationsCalifornia (Santa Clarita & Los Angeles)
Japan (Greater Tokyo Area (Tokyo, Saitama, Yokohama)) and Kyoto)
CinematographyIlan Rosenberg
Running time20–21 minutes
Production companies Saban Entertainment
Renaissance Atlantic Entertainment
Toei Company, Ltd.
MMPR Productions, Inc.
Original release
Network Fox
ReleaseApril 19 (1997-04-19) 
November 24, 1997 (1997-11-24)
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Power Rangers Turbo is a television series and the fifth season of the Power Rangers franchise that aired in 1997. The show was prefaced with the franchise's second film, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie .

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As with its predecessors, Power Rangers Turbo is based on one of the entries of the Super Sentai series; in Turbo's case, the source is the 20th series, Gekisou Sentai Carranger . The series introduced a child actor as the new Blue Ranger, [1] [2] and featured the departure of the long-running characters Zordon and Alpha 5, as well the veteran team of Rangers. The series introduced four new characters to take the place of the veteran Rangers. The fifth season also marked the final regular appearances of Johnny Yong Bosch, Catherine Sutherland, and Steve Cardenas, and also the last appearance of Nakia Burrise. [3]

Plot

After Maligore's defeat, the Turbo Power Rangers, Tommy Oliver, Adam Park, Tanya Sloan and Katherine Hillard graduate from high school, while the new 12-year-old Blue Ranger, Justin Stewart, skips ahead a couple of grades and gets to go to Angel Grove High. Seeking revenge, Divatox begins to attack the Rangers. [4] At the beginning of the season, the Rangers’ longtime mentors, Zordon and Alpha 5 depart to return to Zordon's home planet of Eltar, making way for the spectral Dimitria of Inquiris and Alpha 6. Other changes are also seen as Ernie leaves Angel Grove to do volunteer work in South America and Lt. Stone takes over the Juice Bar. Also an ally, the Blue Senturion arrives from the year 2000, with a message for Dimitria and the Rangers that Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa, The Machine Empire and Divatox will team up to destroy the universe, but fails to show the complete message due to Divatox corrupting the end of it.

Later, Tommy, Adam, Tanya and Katherine Hillard, who are leaving for new chapters of their lives, are asked to pass on their powers to a new group of people. They choose T.J. Johnson, Carlos Vallerte, Ashley Hammond and Cassie Chan as the new Red, Green, Yellow and Pink Rangers respectively with Justin still being the Blue Ranger. [5] The new team of Rangers are also joined by another ally, the Phantom Ranger, a mysterious being from another world. The team eventually learns that Dark Specter has captured Zordon, though Zordon is able to warn the Rangers not to rescue him as it would leave Earth defenseless. A short while later, the Rangers lose both the Turbo and Rescue Megazords in a battle with Divatox's most powerful monster yet, Goldgoyle. As Dimitria and the Blue Senturion leave for Eltar to help Zordon, Divatox finds the Power Chamber's location. Her army of grunts and monsters infiltrate the Chamber, defeating the team and destroying the Power Chamber. However, before Divatox tries to finish off the Rangers, she receives a message that Zordon has been captured and under the order of Dark Specter leaves for the Cimmerian planet. The powerless Rangers then leave Earth and head for space to save Zordon, with Justin choosing to stay behind with his father. These events lead to the next incarnation of the franchise, Power Rangers in Space . [6]

Cast and characters

Turbo Rangers

Original team

New team

Supporting characters

Villains

Guest stars

Film

Ep#TitleTheatrical ReleaseCode
00 Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie March 28, 1997 (1997-03-28)TBA
Divatox attacks the wizard Lerigot in an attempt to marry a demon named Maligore, in hopes to use his powers to plunder the universe. Lerigot escapes to Earth where he seeks help from Zordon and Alpha 5. When the Zeo powers are not enough to stop Divatox, the rangers create the Turbo powers. When Rocky injures himself preparing for a martial arts tournament, Zordon must choose a new Blue Ranger to Rocky’s place and the new ranger turns out to be 12 year old Justin Stewart.

Episodes

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
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2061"Shift Into Turbo"Douglas SloanDouglas SloanApril 19, 1997 (1997-04-19)431
2072April 26, 1997 (1997-04-26)432
2083April 30, 1997 (1997-04-30)433
After the events of Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie , the Rangers are graduating Angel Grove High. Justin offers a healed Rocky the Blue Turbo Ranger powers so that he can resume his life as a Power Ranger; however, Rocky declines (due to still recuperating from his back injury). In the meantime, Divatox has amassed an army to get revenge on the Rangers, having her sub craft take up residence in Angel Grove lake. She sends Elgar to place a detonator in the Angel Grove Power Plant in order to take revenge on the Rangers and ruin their graduation. With the older Rangers attending their graduation ceremony, Justin must face the problem alone. With Justin busy fighting Elgar (the latter of whom also managed to transform Bulk and Skull into chimpanzees), Divatox attacks Tanya, Adam, and Katherine. Meanwhile, Zordon and Alpha are keeping a secret from the Rangers. The results of a test Justin took before the graduation then come back, and it turns out he's going to be starting high school due to being a prodigy. Zordon reveals that he and Alpha are returning to Eltar with Lerigot. Divatox begins trying to close the wormhole that is taking Zordon and Alpha home.
2094"Shadow Rangers" Judd Lynn Mark HoffmeierMay 1, 1997 (1997-05-01)433
Divatox sends the evil Chromite monster to Angel Grove with a detonator. When the Rangers try to stop him, he steals their morphing powers to create the Shadow Rangers. Tommy must find a way to stop Chromite and track down his missing friends by himself.
2105"Transmission Impossible"Al WinchellBarbara A. Oliver & Tony Oliver May 2, 1997 (1997-05-02)435
Visceron travels from the planet Inquiris to deliver some startling news to Dimitria. Divatox learns this and captures him. She then turns him against the Rangers when he refuses to tell her his message.
2116"Rally Ranger"Al Winchell Jackie Marchand May 5, 1997 (1997-05-05)436
Trying to impress his aunt Divatox, Elgar decides to sabotage a soapbox car race with a detonator he made himself. Meanwhile, Porto goes AWOL and attacks the city.
2127"Built for Speed"Judd LynnRalph SollMay 6, 1997 (1997-05-06)437
Some of Adam's friends decide to settle an argument by drag racing. Divatox's Demon Racer plants a detonator in one of their cars. The Rangers have to defeat the Demon Racer and stop the detonator before it blows.
2138"Bicycle Built for the Blues"Judd Lynn Shell Danielson May 7, 1997 (1997-05-07)442
It's Justin's birthday and Divatox has sent him a gift. The Rangers have to get Justin off his new bike before it explodes in 25 miles. If that was not bad enough, Divatox sends Big Burpa to uses her headbands to draft people into her bicycle gang while she distract them.
2149"The Whole Lie"Al WinchellMark LittonMay 8, 1997 (1997-05-08)434
During a volunteer car wash, Porto appears and plants a detonator. Justin spots him, and the Mouthpiece monster attacks him and makes it so he can only tell lies. Meanwhile, Porto has made it, so anytime one of the Rangers lies, a Pirahantron attacks.
21510"Glyph Hanger" Paul Schrier Steven J. WellerMay 10, 1997 (1997-05-10)438
Divatox calls her ex-fiancé Pharaoh to help defeat the Rangers. She has him place a detonator shaped like a pyramid at the Egyptian Exhibit. Adam mistakenly takes home Pharaoh's staff, which turns any writing into hieroglyphics. The Rangers have to defeat the Pharaoh and stop the detonator before it goes off, but Divatox puts a forcefield around it so they cannot touch it.
21611"Weight and See"Paul SchrierPeter ElwellMay 12, 1997 (1997-05-12)439
Due to an insult from a rival ballet dancer, Kat is worried over her weight. Divatox sends Numbor to attack the Rangers, rendering Kat weightless.
21712"Alarmed and Dangerous"Paul SchrierBrett BornMay 13, 1997 (1997-05-13)440
Justin deals with school bullies who sound a false fire alarm at school. Divatox sees this, and sends her Pirahnatrons to set off more false alarms across town so she can plant a detonator on a fire truck.
21813"The Millennium Message"Larry LittonMark LittonMay 17, 1997 (1997-05-17)443
The Blue Senturion, an intergalactic law enforcement robot, arrives from the year 2000 with a message for Dimitria; Lord Zedd, Rita, The Machine Empire, and Divatox will team up to destroy the universe. When Divatox learns of this message, she reprograms the Blue Senturion to think the Rangers are evil.
21914"A Drive to Win"Larry LittonJackie MarchandMay 19, 1997 (1997-05-19)444
Divatox plants a detonator in the scoreboard at one of Adam's soccer games. If Angel Grove scores 4 goals, it will go off. She sends Electrovolt to distract the Rangers.
Introducing: Tracy Lynn Cruz as Ashley, Roger Velasco as Carlos
22015"Cars Attacks"Judd LynnDouglas SloanMay 20, 1997 (1997-05-20)445
Lt. Stone's niece Jenny competes with Kat to get into London's Royal Dance Academy. Divatox decides to plant a detonator at the competition, disguised as a cassette player, and sends Wolfgang Amadeus Griller to distract the Rangers.
22116"Honey, I Shrunk the Rangers"Judd LynnShell DanielsonMay 21, 1997 (1997-05-21)446
22217 Koichi Sakamoto September 9, 1997 (1997-09-09)501
Divatox sends Shrinkasect to mess with the Blue Senturion's hardware. The Shrinkasect monster shrinks the Rangers while Justin is trying to stop the chimp-ified Bulk and Skull from stealing Lt. Stone's car. The Rangers then attempt to break out of Divatox's submarine as Justin tries to unshrink the Blue Senturion and find the detonator that Bulk and Skull have mistakenly taken.
22318"Passing the Torch" Shuki Levy Shuki Levy & Shell DanielsonSeptember 10, 1997 (1997-09-10)502
22419September 11, 1997 (1997-09-11)503
Divatox's mother, Mama D, visits and tells her to capture Tommy, and the rest of the Rangers will fall. When Pirahantrons attack Kat and Tommy, two new teens come to help them. Meanwhile, the Flamite monster attacks Tanya, Justin, and Adam while they set up their campsite. When Cassie and TJ successfully rescue Tommy from the Vortex of Eternal Doom and Sorrow, he goes to help the other Rangers defeat the Flamite monster. The Rangers are then required to defeat the Flamite monster and choose their successors before the hourglass is empty.
Introducing: Selwyn Ward as T.J., Patricia Ja Lee as Cassie
22520"Stitch Witchery" Blair Treu Judd LynnSeptember 12, 1997 (1997-09-12)504
As the new team of Rangers gets settled in, Divatox tricks Ashley into selling her design, which she casts a spell upon. Anyone who wears it becomes nasty and disrespectful. Things get worse when the Rangers and the Blue Senturion put the jackets on. Ashley has to get the jackets off her friends, and free the Blue Senturion by herself.
22621"The Wheel of Fate"Blair TreuJackie MarchandSeptember 15, 1997 (1997-09-15)505
Divatox sets her eyes on the two legendary cars: Lightning Cruiser and Storm Blaster. Justin gets kidnapped with Storm Blaster.
22722"Trouble by the Slice"Yuri AlexanderJudd LynnSeptember 16, 1997 (1997-09-16)506
Divatox loses her memory and ends up working in a pizza parlor. Porto creates Mad Mike from the parlor's picture to distract the Rangers so they can get Divatox back.
22823"The Phantom Phenomenon"Blair TreuJudd LynnSeptember 17, 1997 (1997-09-17)507
Despite having over $10,000,000 worth of treasure, Divatox considers herself broke; she has Elgar attack the Angel Grove bank and the gold mines. However, a Phantom Ranger arrives on Earth to assist the Rangers in their fight against Divatox.
22924"Vanishing Act"Yuri AlexanderJohn FletcherSeptember 18, 1997 (1997-09-18)508
Deciding that the Rangers "can't protect what they can't see," Divatox sends the Translucitor to Angel Grove, where he begins turning everything invisible. Making matters worse, the Power Chamber has also fallen victim to Translucitor.
23025"When Time Freezes Over"Yuri AlexanderJudd LynnSeptember 19, 1997 (1997-09-19)509
When the Rangers stop Divatox from freezing the sun, she summons Clockster to rewind time so she can stop the Rangers from destroying the freeze key. Only this time, Clockster accidentally touches the freeze key and stops time.
23126"The Darkest Day"Steve MarkowitzJohn FletcherSeptember 22, 1997 (1997-09-22)510
General Havoc, Divatox's brother, arrives on Earth to help his sister defeat the Rangers. He uses his zord Metallasaurus to capture the Turbo Megazord.
23227"One Last Hope"Steve MarkowitzJudd LynnSeptember 23, 1997 (1997-09-23)511
Without the Turbo Megazord, the Rangers try to defend the city with everything they have left. The Phantom Ranger appears to deliver a new weapon to the Rangers.
23328"The Fall of the Phantom"Steve MarkowitzJudd LynnSeptember 25, 1997 (1997-09-25)512
Divatox captures Cassie. For the Rangers to get her back, they must trade the Phantom Ranger. The Phantom Ranger's power ruby, the source of his energy, is stolen by Divatox.
23429"Clash of the Megazords"Steve MarkowitzBrett BornSeptember 26, 1997 (1997-09-26)513
Divatox sends the Turbo Megazord to Earth to destroy the Rangers. Meanwhile, the Rangers are trying to bring down her space station.
23530"The Robot Ranger"Larry LittonJohn FletcherOctober 3, 1997 (1997-10-03)514
Justin suspects his friends have been switched with robots. He sees wires in Ashley and TJ's wrists, and Carlos's face falls off. Divatox sends Flash Head and Voltmeister to Earth in different attacks on the Rangers. In the end, Justin is revealed to be a robot as well; the robots had been built on Eltar by Zordon and Alpha 5, then sent to earth for testing. The Justin robot had its memory of being a robot deleted during testing so it could be used as a control subject.
23631"Beware the Third Wish"Larry LittonJudd LynnOctober 17, 1997 (1997-10-17)515
Divatox sends the Wicked Wisher to Earth, where he steals three coins from a wishing fountain. He uses these coins to grant Divatox 3 wishes. One for Elgar to have a full head of hair, one to turn the Blue Senturion evil, and the last coin (which belonged to Justin) goes missing on Earth. Divatox is left angry that Wicked Wisher can't enchant any more coins.
23732"The Gardener of Evil"Larry LittonJudd LynnOctober 20, 1997 (1997-10-20)516
Divatox sends the Wild Weeder to Earth to find the third coin, where Weeder turns humans into Diva Drones. Meanwhile, the Rangers are still trying to locate the coin to revert Blue Senturion to good. As luck would have it, Bulk and Skull have the coin, but it fries every machine they try putting it in.
23833"Fire in Your Tank"Steve MarkowitzJohn FletcherOctober 30, 1997 (1997-10-30)517
Divatox sets her sights on the Lightning Cruiser. Elgar steals the Rangers booster fuel by accident, and Divatox makes a flying car instead.
23934"The Turn of the Wretched Wrench"Steve MarkowitzJohn FletcherOctober 31, 1997 (1997-10-31)518
Ashley is having trouble in auto-shop class. Divatox sends Maniac Mechanic to steal parts from Ashley's car when it breaks down. Divatox decides to build a monster car.
24035"Spirit of the Woods"Steve MarkowitzJudd LynnNovember 3, 1997 (1997-11-03)519
TJ gets attacked by Lord Litter while jogging in the woods. When TJ cannot defeat the monster alone, a young boy, Erutan, comes to his rescue. Divatox then sets her sights on the young boy, wanting his powers over the elements for herself. TJ soon discovers Erutan's name is backwards for what he is...
24136"The Song of Confusion"Blair TreuJohn FletcherNovember 7, 1997 (1997-11-07)520
Cassie and her friend Vicky hold auditions for their band at the juice bar. Divatox decides to send some monsters to join the group and begins brainwashing people with her music.
24237"The Accident"Blair TreuJohn FletcherNovember 10, 1997 (1997-11-10)521
Divatox tries to make Carlos feel guilty when a player on his soccer team gets injured. Meanwhile, Elgar takes his not-yet-finished Megazord to Earth.
24338"Cassie's Best Friend"Blair TreuJudd LynnNovember 11, 1997 (1997-11-11)522
Mr. Goorific turns Cassie's dog, Jetson, into a person. Cassie thinks her dog has gone missing. Jetson, calling himself Jethro, helps Cassie look for himself while enjoying things he couldn't as a dog. Meanwhile, Elgar repairs his Megazord.
24439"The Curve Ball"Lawrence L. SimeoneJudd LynnNovember 12, 1997 (1997-11-12)523
TJ is having trouble hitting curveballs in a game of baseball. When Divatox sends Strikeout to defeat the Rangers, TJ must find the secret to hitting curveballs to defeat the new monster.
24540"Carlos and the Count"Lawrence L. SimeoneJohn FletcherNovember 13, 1997 (1997-11-13)524
Carlos and Justin watch a vampire horror movie. Per suggestion from Elgar (who is swatting annoying lunar bats), Divatox turns a lunar bat into Count Nocturne; she sends him to Earth, where he bits Carlos. The next day, Carlos is wearing black and sunglasses. Justin (as well as Bulk and Skull, who watched Carlos get bitten) suspects Carlos is a vampire. The other Rangers don't believe it until they see Carlos lacks a reflection; they track him to the blood drive at the Youth Center and take him back to the Power Chamber, where Alpha 6 uses an antidote to restore Carlos' sanity. However, Carlos cannot be fully cured until Count Nocturne is destroyed.
24641"Little Strong Man"Liberty GoldmanJackie MarchandNovember 14, 1997 (1997-11-14)525
Justin decides to try out for the high school track team. When an ant bites him, he becomes 100 times stronger. When Divatox finds out, she sends the Pirahantrons to capture him. The Rangers later discover that Justin's new strength is a result of the bite affecting his potential for growth and his Turbo powers; as a trade-off for the enhanced strength, Justin cannot morph, so he has to choose to stay a Ranger or keep his strength.
24742"The Rival Rangers"Judd LynnJudd LynnNovember 17, 1997 (1997-11-17)526
Ashley tries to go to a school dance with a boy Cassie likes. The boy ends up turning Ashley and Cassie against each other.
24843"Parts and Parcel"Liberty GoldmanJohn FletcherNovember 18, 1997 (1997-11-18)527
Bulk and Skull are in danger of being thrown in jail because their new employer at a delivery company is blaming them for the recent theft of electronics. TJ offers his assistance to prove the goofballs' innocence, ultimately finding out that the thief is none-other than Divatox, who needed the parts to remote-control her three zords.
24944"Chase Into Space"Judd LynnJudd LynnNovember 21, 1997 (1997-11-21)528
25045November 24, 1997 (1997-11-24)529
Divatox has summoned a powerful monster to Earth, Goldgoyle, which destroys both of the Megazords. Meanwhile, Dimitria and the Blue Senturion learn that Eltar has fallen to evil forces, and they leave to help Zordon. Divatox learns where the Power Chamber is at, and subsequently launches a successful attack that destroys the Power Chamber, causing the Rangers to be stripped of their powers. Dark Specter sends his messenger to tell Divatox he has captured Zordon. Divatox then leaves Earth for the Cimmerian Planet. With the Rangers powerless, they take one of NASADA's shuttles in order to go after Divatox and save Zordon, leaving Justin behind, as he chooses to stay with his father, as the season ends on a cliffhanger, and setting up the events of Power Rangers in Space .

Comics

In 1997, Acclaim Comics published three one-shots based on Power Rangers Turbo. The first book was Power Rangers Turbo vs. Beetleborgs Metallix, featuring a crossover with the Saban-produced Beetleborgs . The other two were part of the Saban Powerhouse books called Power Rangers Turbo: Into The Fire & Other Stories and Power Rangers Turbo: Simple Simon Says & Other Stories.

In 2018, Boom! Studios published a back-up serial by Ryan Ferrier and Bachan in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #25–36. It featured a team-up between the Blue Senturion and Ninjor.

Home media

In 2012, Shout Factory announced that it had reached an exclusive distribution deal with Saban for shows such as Power Rangers and Big Bad Beetleborgs . Power Rangers Turbo was released on DVD in August 2012, as part of a Time-Life exclusive boxed set containing seasons 1–7. The show later became available independently of the boxed set in two volumes, the first volume consisting of first 23 episodes was released on April 1, 2014 [11] and the second volume containing the remaining 22 episodes was released on June 3, 2014. [12]

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Power/Rangers, or Power Rangers: Unauthorized, is an American superhero fan short film based on the Power Rangers franchise, and was directed and co-written by Joseph Kahn, produced by Adi Shankar and Jil Hardin, and co-written by James Van Der Beek and Dutch Southern. The short film featured an ensemble cast starring Katee Sackhoff, Van Der Beek, Russ Bain, Will Yun Lee, and Gichi Gamba. It was released on YouTube and Vimeo on February 23, 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Unlimited Power (comics)</span> 2020–2022 American two-part crossover comic book storyline

"Unlimited Power" is a 2020–2022 American two-part crossover comic book storyline published by Boom! Studios, based on the Power Rangers franchise by Haim Saban and Hasbro. It is the sequel to "Necessary Evil" and the third crossover event in the Power Rangers comics by Boom!

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