‘BIG SISTERS’ (MMPR)

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This ‘Power Rangers’ episode has Kimberly and Trini taking care of a cheeky little girl called Maria. Kimberly and Trini have volunteered to be ‘big sisters’, which I assume is another charitable thing for their school. Maria didn’t have a huge impact on me, and she didn’t return for any future episodes. 😐

Incidentally, whilst the actress playing Maria in the episode is unknown, she happens to be voiced by Wendee Lee, who would go on to voice Alpha 6 in the ‘In Space’ and ‘Lost Galaxy’ shows. I wouldn’t have guessed that. 😀 Apparently, Wendee Lee provided many voices for characters in ‘Power Rangers’.

Also in this episode, Rita Repulsa seeks to gain the Legendary Power Eggs. It was interesting to hear the history about the Power Eggs from Zordon to the Rangers. There’s something about the Morphing Masters mentioned. After this episode though, the Power Eggs are never seen again. 😐

The only way to gain access to the Power Eggs is via the touch of an innocent child. The child ends up being Maria. But from what I’ve seen in the episode, I don’t see Maria touching the Power Eggs for Rita. Instead, she’s mostly held hostage by a rope in the air, which was pretty disappointing for me. 🙁

Rita also has a monster made to capture the girl called Chunky Chicken. But in the episode, Chunky Chicken isn’t the one who captures Maria from Kimberly and Trini. It happens to be some Putties. I don’t know why I didn’t see Chunky Chicken capture Maria. Makes him quite pointless in that regard.

This episode also introduces the RadBug, a Volkswagen Beetle car built by Billy. The special thing about this vehicle is that it can fly. How can Billy build something like that?! I’m so curious! 😀 The five Rangers ride in the RadBug to get to the Command Centre, when the teleportation isn’t working.

At the end of the episode, there’s a fight between the Dino Megazord and Chunky Chicken. The Dino Megazord gets to save Maria from Rita before she’s put down on the ground to be driven away in the RadBug. In the episode’s closing scene, Bulk and Skull make a very funny comedic appearance. 😀

‘Big Sisters’ is okay, but it could have done with some better scenes of clarity. It would have been good to see Maria actually touch the Power Eggs and to see Chunky Chicken actually capture her. In the end, the Power Eggs get thrown away into the ocean, which I felt happened rather too quickly. 🙁

‘Big Sisters’ (MMPR) rating – 5/10