Episode Guide / Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue / Go Volcanic
Go Volcanic
Airdate: 04/08/00
Dana needs to test out her new device
which measures volcanic activity. But with the Rangers
out in the Rover, she needs to hop on the bus to the
volcano.
Queen Bansheera finally makes a visit to
the Skull Cavern, as some form of energy. She is not too
pleased to hear that there is a city over her palace.
Diabolico quickly dispatches a new
monster - Trifire, to heat up Mt. Jasmine and cause it to
erupt, burying Mariner Bay under lava.
Dana just so happens to be on the way to
Mt. Jasmine. During the bus ride, she spots a suspicious
fellow guarding a bag full of cash.
The driver decides to turn the bus around
because of the shockwaves, but the thug won't have it. He
pulls out a pistol and forces the driver to continue.
When the thug, Steve, tries to push
around Dana, she quickly disarms him and kicks him around
the bus.
The shockwaves send the bus out of
control. It crashes through the railing on the bridge,
teetering on the edge.
Steve tumbles towards the door and out of
it, hanging on the edge. Dana springs into action and
rescues him.
Mitchell knows something is wrong - Dana
isn't answering her communicator. He sends the Rangers to
investigate.
They arrive just in time. Joel uses Aero
Rescue to lift the bus off of the edge and back to
safety.
Dana needs to leave with the team, the
bus driver is injured, and the volcano is about to blow.
Who will drive the passengers back to safety?
Steve volunteers to drive the bus. After
a bit of discussion, Dana convinces the passengers to
trust Steve and let him drive them back.
The Rangers flush Trifire out of the
volcano and into the open, where he unleashes his firey
breath.
Carter counters it with a blast from his
Rescue Blaster in extinguisher mode.
A few fireballs from the volcano cause
debris to fall everywhere. Steve expertly dodges the
falling rocks, saving everyone on board.
The Power Rangers combine their power
weapons and form the Rescuebird's unilaser mode to
destroy Trifire.
As usual, Jinxer reanimates the monster,
and makes him grow. The Rangers summon the Lightspeed
Megazord, and douse his attacks with some hydro blasts.
They then destroy Trifire with the Lightspeed Megazord
Saber.
Back at the bus station, everyone cheers
the Rangers, and they thank Steve as well, an unlikely
hero. The cops show up and take Steve away. He may have
been a hero, but he was still wanted for armed robbery.
Comments:
Bansheera's appearance was strange - she
seemingly came from space, spoke to her demons
for a bit, and flew back off into space. Scenes
later, however, she was still there in the Skull
Cavern as if she never left.
I'm tired of this goody goody stuff, with the
punks always turning good at the end. Last week
it was Brian, and this week it's Steve.
A real gun on Power Rangers - surprising.
It was great seeing Dana kick the crap out of
Steve. It would have been even sweeter to have
her morph, and completely overpower him.
