Three identical words can be used to describe this episode the best. RUSH! RUSH! RUSH! Everything in this episode, while epic and at times very engrossing was extremely rushed. I still feel it’s valid to point out that we could have done without “Raising Spirits” and “RoboKnight Before Christmas” and added two more plot developing episodes that would have made the death of Metal Alice and The Messenger a little more meaningful. Not to mention the impending Armada which could have gotten just a bit more development. We rushed through the battle with Vrak; Messenger did get a decent battle but was rushed even so, Metal Alice vowed revenge and yet died in 15 seconds and then suddenly the Armada arrives and all hell breaks loose. Don’t get me wrong, I loved this episode and all that came from it, but this truly deserved a two-parter to do it justice.
Let’s break it down!We open on Troy practicing his sword technique shirtless for some reason.(no complaints here)
Vrak reveals that the Armada will be arriving in a matter of hours and prepares for the robotic invasion!
The other Rangers arrive, and after Gia and Emma ogle Troy, Gia reveals that they’ve been alerted to a new attack !
When the Rangers arrive they are met with a massive robotic and Loogie invasion rising from the sea!
The Rangers morph and head into battle, a battle they know will be Mega!
The Rangers do the best they can to take on the Loogie army!
As Vrak watches the battle from under the Sea, he realizes it is time to join the battle.
He commands that the Messenger and Metal Alice stay behind, this is personal.
The Rangers continue to take on the Loogies and strange robots which resemble Rotox from a few episodes ago…..
RoboKnight appears as if out of no where and assists with the invasion!
Then Vrak appears and confronts the Rangers with a powerful attack Noah was lucky enough to block with a Defenstream!
Vrak vows this will be their last battle as the Rangers morph into Ultra Mode!
Vrak takes on the Rangers with all his might and after a few blasts from his boomerangs and chest grenades the Rangers realize they need a new strategy!
Together, RoboKnight and Noah use Seashower! Jake and Gia use Rockrush and Troy and Emma use Twistornado!
The attack proves powerful and knocks Vrak on his back, but before he regenerates the Rangers know it’s time to strike with all their power!
Together the Rangers use their Dynamic attacks against Vrak, but something goes awry!
Vrak absorbs the energy of their attack and throws it back at them!
Even though Vrak’s circuits may be fried, the Rangers suddenly lose their Ultra Mode!
Not only that but the Morphers have turned to a rust and no longer accept their Power Cards!
Then, parting the sea, the Messenger arrives from beneath and predicts the destruction of the powerless Rangers!
As the Messenger arrives he congratulates Vrak and calls him “Your Highness” and reveals that Vrak is the brother to the Prince, he is the second in line to the throne!
As Vrak rests, the Messenger decides to take on the Rangers so that Vrak may recharge!
The Messenger blasts them with a powerful blast and begins a campaign of attacks to finally take them out!
Without their Ultra Power the Rangers are not very formidable against the Messenger!
RoboKnight appears and takes on the Messenger who scolds RoboKnight for not joining them when he had the chance!
The Rangers charge at the Messenger but are met with another powerful blast!
Suddenly, they are knocked out of their powers completely and are totally unable to morph at all.
Messenger vows a new era on Earth is about to begin, he must prepare for the Prince’s arrival.
It is time to say goodbye to the Rangers, he prepares his secret weapon!
The Rangers attempt to rush him anyways, but RoboKnight stops them
RoboKnight states that this is his fight and uses TriFusion from his morpher!
The two great powers clash with each other and RoboKnight’s morpher suddenly gains its power back!
The Power from RoboKnight’s morpher clears the sky and backs the Messenger off!
RoboKnight diverted his internal energy to recharge his morpher and drained the Messenger’s energy. He is incapacitated but only for a short time!
The Rangers take out their morphers and RoboKnight uses the energy he has gathered to recharge their morphers!
The last of his energy has recharged their morphers, it is now up to them to defeat him!
RoboKnight hands Troy his Robo Blaster and entrusts him with its power.
The Rangers morph and head into battle!
In Ultra Mode the Rangers head into sword battles with the Messenger once more!
Together they use another tri-element attack and weaken the Messenger just enough!
As he’s weakened Troy uses the Vulcan cannon in conjunction with all the Ultra Power they can muster!
With all their might, the Messenger has been destroyed. Or has he?
As the Rangers celebrate Vrak vows they haven’t won yet. Meta Alice arrives and takes on the Rangers for her master!
Metal Alice underestimates the Rangers and is bested in mere moments!
The Rangers lament on Metal Alice’s devotion to her master.
The Messenger is still alive as a talking head as apologizes on his failures
But Vrak reveals it is of no matter, the Invasion is about to begin!
A storm surges but Messenger advises that Vrak go into hiding, new soldiers will be arriving and may not recognize their prince!
Vrak walks to Metal Alice and thanks her, but now she is just a casualty of battle.
She is now obsolete, a failure and must be discarded.
Vrak says goodbye and allows Metal Alice to be completely be destroyed.
He takes comfort in knowing the Rangers will be destroyed soon, and he escapes!
The Rangers attempt to celebrate once more but suddenly Troy realizes that RoboKnight is missing!
Noah notices that he has dragged himself off, but where?
Troy messages Gosei to tell him of their victory and inquire about RoboKnight, but Gosei comes on quite distressed and warns the Rangers they are in danger and that they must morph!
The Rangers morph and suddenly are met with the gigantic invasion of the Armada!
New soldiers and ships arrive on Earth, destroying anything in their path!
Gosei is now unreachable!
Troy is adamant that he must find RoboKnight and leaves the others to find him!
Final Thoughts
As I previously stated in the intro, this episode was severely rushed and you can tell by my description of the action that this episode packed in a lot of plot and a lot of action. The action was very well put together and the scenes used from Goseiger and Gokaiger made this episode completely exciting! The Rangers battles, morphs, use of weapons and combinations attacks were epic! I mean, how cool was that flip, explosion and morph combo?!
I cannot tell you enough how much of a little kid I felt like when the Armada finally landed on Earth! I have not felt that kind of excitement since I was a little boy during MMPR. I think it’s because Gokaiger has such a huge place in my heart and my life that I was so excited to see it finally be a part of Power Rangers. I feel like I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long long time! Therefore, I must say that the moment of the Armada’s arrival is my favorite moment of the episode!
In closing of my encompassing love of Vrak and Metal Alice I must now talk about the end of their relationship. I loved this scene in Goseiger and I absolutely loved it even more in Power Rangers. I had more of a connection to Vrak than I did to his Japanese counterpart and the same could be said for Metal Alice. Even though this scene was amongst what was rushed, I believe they did it justice. You could hear the sorrow and heartbreak in Metal Alice’s voice as she was defeated and then again as her master walked away from her, marking her a failure. It was here that we again see how brutal and calculating that Vrak is and proves, that even though he is now cyborg, he is still Vrak. I am a little sad that Metal Alice took no more than 30 seconds to be defeated but I take it into account that she may have been a little weak after the events of both “Staying on Track” & “The Messenger” I just love her that much! As for Vrak, I am very intrigued that he lived through the final episode of Megaforce and that somehow he will be included in Super Megaforce. I was expecting to see his final “Angelic” form from Goseiger during this episode, but that would have made it even more rushed! I am super curious to see how this will tie into Super Megaforce and how the first episode will tie in that footage with Gokaiger footage. Just how will the Rangers get those Super Mega Powers?
Moving onto the Messenger. Even though he was barely in two episodes I really enjoyed watching his attacks and spars with the Rangers and even his destruction was very cool to see. He made the last two episodes very enjoyable instead of being just a monster of the day. Strangely, now brace yourselves, I must commend the writers for their use of Sentai footage for the Messenger. He was a sort of main villain in Goseiger and even though they did not make him as such they still utilized his suit and footage perfectly. Kudos.
It is normal for the cast of Rangers to become a little more intense during the final episodes of their season. We saw the same with the Samurai cast as they don the burnt makeup and the tattered clothes and show off their grunt faces and angry looks. It worked for Samurai IMO and it worked for Megaforce. Each Ranger actor’s performance was very satisfying for me and it is because of this that I place hope in them that they can do Gokaiger justice. However, if you are reading this try not to compare Super Megaforce to Gokaiger too much because they are going to be completely different. It is of no use to think that Super Megaforce will be exactly like Gokaiger because it simply will not be. Just remember that and you will enjoy Super Megaforce a lot more.
RoboKnight. What can I say. He proved to be rather heroic in this episode, using all his power in order to weaken the Messenger and restore the Rangers morphers. He slowly is making up for the rapping and yet I hate the fact that my last review for Megaforce will be his Christmas Episode. Stay tuned for that next week!
Story: 8.5/10
Action: 10/10
Monsters: 10/10
All Together: 9/10
