‘RITA’S SEED OF EVIL’ (MMPR)

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This is another enjoyable ‘Power Rangers’ episode from the ‘Mighty Morphin’ TV series. In this episode, the five teens spend an afternoon planting trees in the park for a school project. Rita sends Squatt down to Earth to plant her own evil seeds, and creates a new monster called the Octoplant. 😮

From what I’ve seen in this episode, the Octoplant is an octopus-like creature and is meant to wrap the Earth with its tentacles to crush and destroy it. We don’t see that actually happen, apart from inside Rita or Goldar’s head. Had this been a two-parter, it would have made for a terrifying story.

Bulk and Skull also perform some antics of their own in this episode. They try to ruin the Rangers’ plant project before they run into Squatt and run away in fear. Come on, guys! It’s just a man in a suit. 😀 Bulk and Skull also get locked up in a toilet cubicle that’s soon taken away with the two guys inside. 😀

I find it amusing that Bulk and Skull tried to prove their genius but failed, as they bought baby trees to prove to the Rangers that they planted them before Kimberly notices they didn’t take the price tag off. 😀 They manage to make Mr. Caplin faint after returning to the school from their toilet cubicle adventure. 😀

The Rangers soon realise that something is wrong once they see Squatt. They fight a group of Putties and an earth tremor occurs. They go over to the Command Center to find out what’s happening from Zordon and Alpha. Jason then goes back to where Squatt was in the park to uncover what he was up to.

No disrespect to Jason, but should he have gone on his own without someone accompanying him? He’s liable to get captured, as he did in ‘Green With Evil’. This seems to be the case when Jason gets attacked by some vines of the evil plant growing in the park. Jason then morphs into the Red Ranger.

Even as the Red Ranger when fighting them off, he gets entangled by the plant’s vines. Thankfully, the other four Rangers come to the rescue, and they ward off the plant’s vines with their weapons. Goldar and Scorpina (Yes, she’s back in this story too) enter and fight against the Rangers in the park.

It isn’t long till the Octoplant comes into its true form and it’s about to attack the city. Fortunately, the Octoplant isn’t that powerful enough. The Rangers manage to defeat it with their Dino Megazord. All in all, this is an enjoyable ‘Power Rangers’ episode that should have been a two-parter. 🙂

‘Rita’s Seed of Evil’ (MMPR) rating – 7/10