‘CALAMITY KIMBERLY’ (MMPR)

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This ‘Power Rangers’ episode sees Kimberly having a bad day. She wakes up one morning and falls out of bed. It then starts to rain, and a small earthquake occurs. The earthquake is not a major plot point, but a real earthquake did happen in real life for the actresses Amy Jo Johnson and Thuy Trang.

Kimberly is soaking wet when she arrives at school. Tommy comes by to greet her and sees how bad a day she’s having. Bulk and Skull come by, but Tommy manages to sort them out for Kimberly. I like it when Tommy asks Kimberly to walk her home and there’s a romantic connection between them. 🙂

Mind you, I wonder why Kimberly didn’t have a raincoat or an umbrella when she arrived at school. Everyone else seemed to come in with raincoats and umbrellas at the same time as her. Maybe she thought it would be a passing shower. After all, it did seem sunny when she woke up that morning. 🙂

Meanwhile, Rita Repulsa decides to add to Kimberly’s misery by sending in Finster’s new monster – the Samurai Fan Man. What; is he a fan of Samurai, that man? 😀 Anyway, Samurai Fan Man captures Kimberly in his giant jar, after ambushing her and Tommy when they were walking home. 😐

Tommy gets injured during the attack. Zordon summons the other Rangers and they attend to Tommy’s wounds. It turns out that Kimberly is trapped in another dimension whilst inside Samurai Fan Man’s jar. Zordon warns the Rangers that the dimension will soon vanish if Kimberly isn’t saved.

Jason, Trini, Zack and Billy go off to morph as Rangers and fight off Samurai Fan Man, who is accompanied by Goldar. What I find astonishing is that the four Rangers expect Tommy to heal quickly to help them. Could they not handle the situation themselves without Tommy helping them?

Soon, the Rangers fight Samurai Fan Man and Goldar as giants, as they summon their Dinozords. Tommy soon turns up with his Dragonzord and the Rangers form their Zords with it to become the Dragon Megazord. Thankfully, they save Kimberly, and she morphs very quickly into the Pink Ranger.

Then they have their Zords form to become the Dino Megazord before they merge with the Dragonzord and Titanus to become the Ultrazord. Samurai Fan Man is defeated, and all is well, especially with Kimberly. This episode is a pretty decent one. It was very intriguing how ‘Calamity Kimberly’ coped. 😀

‘Calamity Kimberly’ (MMPR) rating – 7/10