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Bullwinkle plays bongos, while walking down the hill--WOAH!!!! Never play bongos, while walking down a hill!

Thurl Ravenscroft: "You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch. You're a nasty, waspy skunk! Your heart is full of unwashed socks, your soul is full of gunk, Mr. GRINCH! The three words that best describe you, are as follows, and I quote: stink, Stank, STUNK!!!!"

"A Place For Danny Devito" ("A Place For Pets").

"Spongebob's Road Trip To The North Pole", is now called "Christmas in July!...But, MOSTLY July!"

Thurl Ravenscroft: "You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch. You're the King of sinful sots! You're a crooked, jerked jockey, and you drive a crooked horse, Mr. GRINCH! Your soul, is an appalling dump heap, overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of rubbish imaginable. Mangled up, in tangled up knots!"

You know, an anthropomorphic tiger who's able to make words in the snow while he sleds, REALLY takes a LOT of talent!

This is Disney's idea of a snowball fight...need I EXPLAIN the fail?

I'm currently listening to Michael McDonald (the singer/former Doobie Brothers Band Member) album, "MoTown". He's one of the few White singers I've personally heard, who can successfully pull OFF singing MoTown songs!

My only real complaint about this episode, is that most of this episode took place during July, so, it SHOULD have been a "Christmas In July" special more than anything. Nothing bad about it though, glad we got to see reindeer in animated form for the first time this series. and the road trip element had potential, they just didn't do as much with it as they could have. Still, nice that Santa got a gift for a change. All in all, I guess I would give the special an 8.8 out of 100, for Patchy's and Potty's first traditional animated appearance, and the return of Scooter. Enough said, true believers!

Thurl Ravenscroft: "You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch. With a nauseous super nast! Your heart's a big tomato splotched with moldy purple spots, Mr. GRINCH!!!! You're a terrible, triple-decker, toadstool saurkraut sandwich, with arsenic sauce!!!!"

My guess is...she lost a bet.

NEVER mess with a magical elf who can throw snowballs SUPER FAST!!!!

Thurl Ravenscroft: "You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch. You have termites in your smile! You have all the charming tenderness of a seasick crocodile, Mr. GRINCH! Given the choice between the two of you, I'd pick the um, seasick crocodile!"

Here, we witness a rare sight in nature: the elusive Daredevil Snow Person!

To paraphrase Macgyver: "That is the SECOND biggest snowball that I have ever seen!"

"The Very Best Of Elvis Costello", a two CD album of his greatest hits!

I have finished writing the "Power Rangers Multiverse Force" episode "Back To The 1980's Part I: Parallel Lives", and it is ready to be read and possibly reviewed. I might have to bump the mini-arc to be a five-part mini-saga instead of a four-part, depending on how much I feel I can fit into the next episode comfortably. I'll let you know what happens once it's done. Enough said, for now!

"Gary's Got Legs!" is now called "Getting a Leg (Or Two) Up!"

I'm AMAZED that it hasn't been over a month since I've LAST been here! In any case, time to list some more tropes! / And Now For Something Completely Different: The opening of "Back To The 1980's Part I" evokes this. After all, it focuses on a group of five people who seem to be completely unrelated to the Power Rangers. However, the Cold Open was necessary to show the formation of a team of Power Rangers, who will be NECESSARY for the current Power Rangers team to learn about, as they are HEADED back for that time! Take Our Word For It!: Due to not being present for the events at the end of Season One of "Power Rangers Multiverse Force", the Thunder Rangers questioned whether or not the Chaos Realm really IS as terrible as the Power Rangers say that it is, or that Usagi and Krash'ir were forced to do something THAT terrible! This is the only response they get for their questions! Fortunately, they all accept it as a valid answer. Deliberate Values Dissonance: Bound to happen, as the standards of the late 1970's through the 1980's were sadly, NOT as good as they are now! Diane Martin, to her credit, is at LEAST aware that "Society Marches On", and prepares Dan to do well, so that people like him, will be able to do BETTER in the future! I Was Quite The Looker: Diane Martin, during the opening of "Back To The 1980's Part I". When the Power Rangers meet her, she's now close to pushing 64, but StarHawk, having seen some of her historical missions via the Viewing Globe, says that she's STILL very beautiful for someone of her age. Women Are Wiser: Seems to be the case, at least for the past team of Power Rangers represented by Diane Martin. Diane Martin is a rich multi-millionaire heiress who frequents Studio 54, while Shiro is the resident genius. Ken and Dash Drew seem to DELIBERATELY check off every single stereotype for being Russian and French respectively! Dan Masao gets a pass because he just MOVED from Japan recently, and only STARTED learning English! Dan and Dash DO get better at NOT being stereotypical once they're older, as "Character Development". Locked Out Of The Loop: Unfortunately, due to the times of the late 1970's and the 1980's, the American government decided that the world was NOT ready to learn about alien threats, or about a team of Power Rangers protecting Earth from them, which is why they KEPT the missions of Diane Martin et al, a secret from the public! At least the current team of Power Rangers know about their exploits! Ethnicity Lift/Gender Flip: Happened, due to changing the source of "Super Sentai Battle Fever J", into a more Americanized version of "Power Rangers". While all the Power Rangers of that time (save for Dash Drew) have ROUGHLY the same names, Diane Martin is now a white-skinned American, Dash Drew is a White French Man, the original Battle Russia was a White Russian Male, and Shiro was a dark-skinned WOMAN from Kenya! Only Dan Masao, Maria, and Jim, kept their original ethnicity and gender, being Japanese. Related In the Adaptation: A three-fer! It's revealed that sometime between Diane Martin's team disbanding and the present day, Diane Martin and Dash Drew married, and had a child. That child grew up to be Sydney Drew of the "Power Rangers SPD". Sadly, it was revealed that Diane Martin and Dash divorced sometime in the past, and Dash reluctantly had to let Diane and Sydney, keep their last names. Art Shift: As much as there CAN be one in a literature! For the sake of a JOKE at Eris' expense, when Radiguet reveals that he plans to have a loyal monster of his give Eris back her old face, a LITERAL picture depiction of her old face is shown after said explanation, causing Eris to scream: "NOOO!!!! Where did you GET that?!" (Although to be fair, said picture seems to be a case of "Hollywood Homely", as her old face doesn't look THAT bad). Rosseau Was Right/Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Happened to Radiguet, of ALL characters! While by Radiguet was no MEANS a good day even DURING his as of yet mostly obscured "Super Sentai Jetman" days, Radiguet DID love his mother Emperess Jooza, and HATED the fact that he HAD to kill her after she went CRAZY and tried to kill him! Radiguet even BEGGED Sla'neesh to even bring back a brainwashed version of his mother back to life, only for Sla'neesh to string him along for 300 days, using him as his own SICK, depraved plaything! Needless to say, once Radiguet finds out that it was SLA'NEESH's idea to brainwash his mother against him, it sets off Radiguet's "Berserk Button"! Even Evil Has Standards: Once again, Radiguet, of ALL characters, has that! Sure, Radiguet may be an evil, galactic conqueror, but he absolutely ABHORS the fact that Sla'neesh did all MATTER of unspeakable things to him, AND the depraved thing he forced Usagi and Krash'ir to do together! Needless to say, Radiguet feels the need to MURDER all of Sla'neesh's followers save for Eris, as it's THE only way that Radiguet will be able to hold onto any semblance of sanity! As Sla'neesh finds out the hard way, Radiguet's desire is... Not Hyperbole: When Radiguet SAYS that he NEEDS to murder all of Sla'neesh's followers , it's not so much that Sla'neesh thinks its a case of "Like You Would REALLY Do It", Sla'neesh thinks that Radiguet simply can't. But Radiguet BRUTALLY deconstructs "Orcus On His Throne" and "Hard Work Hardly Works", as Radiguet powers up a GIGANTIC Death Ball, and DOES destroy all of Sla'neesh's followers except for Eris! Sla'neesh even lampshades this by saying: "Wow, I didn't think you could actually DO it!" No Holds Down Beatdown/And This Is For...!: Once Radiguet forces Sla'neesh into a mortal body in order to spare Eris' beauty, Radiguet proceeds to give Sla'neesh an old-fashioned one of these, by BRUTALLY punching Sla'neesh every time Radiguet mentions one of the "Long Laundry List Of Crimes" atrocities Sla'neesh has committed in the past! For Tranza, it's LITERALLY a case of "Pass The Popcorn". Gone Horribly Right: Sla'neesh realizes ALL too late that this is what it's actions have caused Radiguet to become. Even stating, "After the untimely death of Dark Spectre, Khorne and I dreamed of creating the most POWERFUL villain in the universe...AND we succeeded! No Kill Like OverKill: This was the ultimate fate that Radiguet gave to Sla'neesh, as Radiguet decides to unleash "More Dakka" on Sla'neesh, and SHOOTS Sla'neesh a total of 212 times (two 100 bullet machine guns, and two six bullet shotguns), and even THROWS Sla'neesh's body into a nearby star for good measure, burning him up entirely! Tranza even lampshades this by saying: "Wow! Now I know what the definition of 'Overkill' looks like!" The Password Is Always "Swordfish": It seems that Dr. Maniac isn't the ONLY villain that was inspired by "Spaceballs". Khorne decided to make the combination to de-power the Chaos Realm, as "1, 2, 3, 4, 5." Sla'neesh was even WORSE, as he LITERALLY wanted to make the password, "Swordfish!" No...Just "No" Reaction/Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act: This is the response that Captain Retro gives to FireHawk when she asks why they simply can't just kill Radiguet as a baby, and he actually gives THREE justifications as to WHY there is a Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act! The first one if that such a gigantic change in history could cause the Time/Space Continuum to become SO unbalanced, it could collapse in on itself and destroy ALL sentient life! The second justification is that even if reality DIDN'T collapse in on itself and successfully manage to create an alternate timeline, the chance is STILL too high that it would cause something like, Nazi's NOT existing, but something WORSE taking their place! In other words, "Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!" And the third, most important justification is that FireHawk is talking about killing a baby, who from his viewpoint, hasn't DONE anything yet! When FireHawk doesn't get it, that's when Captain Retro says... And That's Terrible: Captain Retro points out that SUPPOSING everyone had access to time travel, and decided to "Ret-gone" somebody out of existence just because they COULD! Not only could they accidentally erase THEMSELVES out of existence, the logistical nightmare of trying to manage the historical changes would be too much for even Captain Retro and the other Guardians to handle! Skewed Priorities: Even Diane Martin didn't seem immune to this, as she was more worried about the structure of her CAR, as opposed to the safety of the guy actually driving it! Radiguet gets this to, but when the brainwashed Maria points out there would be no benefit to Radiguet murdering all of Sla'neesh's followers, Radiguet responds to it, by using "Insistent Terminology", and calling it a "Public Service". / That's all the tropes I can think up of for now. Enough said, true believers!

Well, I initially wanted to put MORE story in, but it's already long enough as it is. So, here is Part One of the long-awaited Mini-Arc that you've all been waiting for! Enjoy! / (Cold Open) Words flash on the screen, and they say, "New York City, December 31, 1979; 3:27 P.M." A fancy, pinkish-white limosuine is seen riding around, all while Blondie's "Heart Of Glass" plays on the car radio. Although we don't see the driver, we get to see the prominent, actual OWNER of the limosuine, a pretty, curly red-haired woman in her early twenties. Blondie sings: "Once I had a love and it was a gas. Soon turned out, had a heart of glass. Seemed like the real thing, only to find mucho mistrust, love's gone behind. Once I had a love and it was divine. Soon found out, I was losing my mind. It seemed like the real thing but I was so blind. Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind. In between, what I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine. Love is so confusing, there's no peace of mind. If I fear I'm losing you, it's just no good; you teasing like you do." The driver suddenly turns down the radio, and the woman says: "Come on, turn the radio back up, I like that song!" The driver suddenly speaks, with a HEAVY Japanese accent, and he says: "Come on, Diane Martin. I don't get why you want ME to drive you around like this! It's postively DEGRADING to me!" Diane says: "Don't give me that, Dan Masao! Do you know how LUCKY you are to get a job working for me and MY high-class service?! Most Japanese people in your position would be running over each other for that kind of work, especially considering the current climate of high unemployment and high gas prices? Last time I checked, oil prices, and this is just for price of oil per barrel, mind you, were still $12 a barrel!" Dan says: "Don't get me wrong! It's not that I don't appreciate you giving ME a job during these trying times; I just don't get why YOU have to be the one calling the shots! I'm the one who's SUPPOSED to be the leader of this whole thing!" Diane says: "Come on! Do you REALLY think that the American people of THIS generation will ACCEPT a Japanese person in charge for ANYTHING? My father, before he got murdered, couldn't even help Shirley Chisolm achieve 152 candidates during her 1972 run for President, and he tried harder than anybody except Shirley Chisholm herself! I KNOW this is not your ideal job, but you got to think about the big picture; you got to pave the way for people like yourself in the future, to do better, and be better than you are. It's how people have advanced for years. It's the secret to the success of MY family, and will SOMEDAY be the secret to YOURS!" Dan sighs, and says: "You're probably right, Diane; you usually are. We're almost at our destination. We'll soon meet the others." Dan and Diane pull up right in front of Studio 54. Dan passes the car keys to a five foot, eight inch, long green haired man with IMPOSSIBLY tacky clothes (although they don't see it as such, given the current time); and Diane says: "My good man, please park this limosuine for me in the V.I.P. section for the Studio 54 cars." The green haired man says: "But I'm not really--." Diane merely says in a commanding voice: "NOW." And the green haired man, deciding it's not worth it to argue with such a rich woman, takes the limo, and jerkedly begins to drive it to where it will be parked. Dan asks: "Is he going to be okay?" Diane says: "My CAR better be okay! If it's not, I'll have the manager, Steve Rubell, dock his pay for reckless driving!" Dan says: "Relax, Diane. Our fellow, 'Delegates', will soon be here." And sure enough, there walks up a dark-skinned woman, wearing traditional, full-bodied clothes from Kenya; a stereotypical Russian person, wearing a big furred hat, walking rather oddly, as though he had just gotten through a vendor; and a rather pompous looking French man, who you wouldn't be ABLE to tell WAS French, except for the fact that he was PROUDLY touching a lapel pin on his shirt which just HAPPENED to be in the shape of France's flag! Diane SLAPS the Russian person in his face, and it seems to straighten him up! Diane says: "Come on Ken...Ken...your first name is WAY too complicated for me to pronounce! I'm just going to call you Ken Shiraishi! In any case, just because the people of America EXPECT you to behave in a certain way for what will STILL be 1979 for roughly the next eight hours, that doesn't MEAN you have to hit every single ONE of those stereotypes! I want our group to be BETTER than that!" Ken, speaking like Yakov Smirnoff (even though he himself had only BEEN in America for two years and hadn't become famous yet), says in a Russian accent: "Oh, is that all I am to you? A drinker who drinks away his cares and worries, and also enjoys a little Caviar on the side? I'll have you know I have a doctorate in science, and I am GREAT in playing Pachinko!" Diane rolls her eyes, and sarcastically says: "What a great fact! MY SYMPATHIES!!!!" Ken turns to the dark-skinned woman, and he asks: "Is she being sarcastic with me? I can't tell with most Americans." The woman says: "First of all, I'd say probably yes. Secondly, and far MORE importantly, I have a name, Shiro Akebano. Why don't you put that in your rolodex, first invented in 1956 by Danish engineer Hildaur Neilsen and first marketed in 1958?" The French man, with a sterotypical French accent, says: "OY! We got a GENIUS on our group!" Shiro says: "Well, SOMEBODY has to be, Dash Drew, noted beautician, playboy, Flamenco dancer, and SINCE this is STILL 1979, DANDY who likes to eat Escargot!" Dash says: "OY! We got a living encyclopedia research expert for our team as well!" Diane slowly face-palms her face in frustration and says to Dan: "Is this...really the BEST that General Kurama could find?" Dan says: "Given the fact that the murderer of your father is LITERALLY a blue-skinned alien named Egos SATAN, who can make monsters with some kind of a monster-making machine, I would say that the Chief Special Science Officer of the National Defense Ministry did a FANTASTIC job of locating us and recruiting us, briefing us, AND training us in 72 hours!" Diane, puzzled, asks: "Chief Special Science Officer of the National Defense Ministry? Is THAT what America is calling a glorified publicity stunt at trying to put minorities into top positions? I expect THAT to fly well with the Southern states on the twelfth of...NEVER!" Dan says: "General Kurama is an EXPERT at Japanese swordsmanship, and he built this GREAT robot mynah bird named Kyutaro. I ought to show you it someday." Diane says: "I'll be sure to take you up on your offer...someday. Anyways, General Kurama says that since we need to keep this mission an undercover operation secret from the public, lest they freak out, we need to make our headquarters in this place." Shiro says: "Why this place? Why not go somewhere that's more easily accessible?" Diane says: "We have to go somewhere, where NO monsters can access it! And this, is the perfect place! Studio 54; nobody gets in, or OUT, unless they're somebody! And I'm the biggest SOMEBODY in New York City there is! Watch!" She turns to the big, burly security guards, and she says: "Diane Martin!" They point their guns at the OTHER people, and she says: "And guests." And they lower their guns and motion for them to go in. Dan says: "I got to admit, I'm impressed!" Diane chuckles, and she says: "Wait until you see the gear we've got! You aren't anywhere NEAR to being impressed, yet!" / Back To The 1980's: Part I, Parallel Lives After the episode opens up properly, words flash on the screen, and they say: "Coastal Falls, California. Present Day, April 1st, 2179, 3:57 P.M." A worn-down, weathered, faded pinkish, white limosuine, is seen driving around, with the car playing a VERY worn out, distorted cassette of Blondie's "Heart Of Glass". Blondie sings (very warped): "Once I had a love and it was a gas. Soon turned out, had a heart of glass. Seemed like the real thing, only to find, mucho mistrust, love's gone behind. Lost inside, adorable illusion and I cannot hide. I'm the one you're using, please don't push me aside, we could've made it cruising, yeah." The driver of this limosuine ejects the cassette out of the player, and a middle-aged, sixty years old woman, with faded, curly hair, asks: "Why did you eject the cassette? It doesn't sound THAT bad!" A weathered man, with a Japanese (but FAR less noticeable) accent, says: "Of COURSE you don't think it's bad, Diane Martin! You don't think ANYTHING about this car is bad! This, despite the fact that for 41 years, we haven't seen ANY source of action, NO one knows of the heroic deeds WE did! We LOST Ken Shirashi when he was KILLED, and yet you STILL believe that Egos Satan is STILL somehow alive, despite the fact that WE confirmed that we blew UP his body, with the Lightning Sword, Rocket Mode!" Diane says: "Cut me some slack, Dan! I wasn't WITH you when the battle happened, remember? I was WOUNDED by Ego Dracula very, VERY, BADLY, forcing you to replace me with that Maria woman. Whatever happened to her anyways?" Dan says: "You're getting me to tell you about the old battles again. Well, when we battled Egos Satan, Maria wanted to be the one who personally finished off Egos Satan, in order to avenge YOU being taken out of comission, as well as Ken's death! But when she fired the shot, Egos Satan EXPLODED into a ball of light, blinding all of us! When the light dissipated, both Maria and Egos Satan had disappeared! We never found a TRACE of either of their bodies!" Diane says: "So, that just PROVES the possibility that either one of them is still alive!" Dan says: "What I don't understand is, why have we gotten a call, to come to a place called Coastal Falls, 158 years into the future, no less, for employment now?!" Diane says: "I got a call from SOMEONE who calls herself Queen Hedrian. She said something about wanting to put our little 'Band', back together, and she says she needs OUR help to make it possible!" Dan, puzzled, says: "Our little, 'Band'? Is THAT what they're calling us now? And why am I STILL driving you? You STILL passed your LAST Driver's Test!" Diane coyly says: "Because I'm paying YOU $2 Million a month for every month you drive me anywhere and everywhere WE need to go to safely!" Dan smiles, and he says: "Fair enough!" They drive up to the facade of a Command Center, park, and Dan says: "We're here, wherever 'Here', is." Alpha 8 walks up to them, and he says: "Oh, goody! You made it! Omnus will be SO thrilled!" A middle-aged, African woman, walks up to the robot, examines him, and says: "Amazing! A fully-functional, automaton! They've REALLY made advances since General Kurama built Kyutaro!" Diane says: "Shiro, is that YOU?!" The woman lightens up, and she says: "Diane! You recognized me!" They hug each other in friendly embrace, and Shiro says: "I thought I'd never see you again!" Diane says: "Well, it was only thanks to you that I was able to survive the attack from Egos Dracula, I still owed you one. A Middle-aged man walks up, with a less obvious, less pompous French accent, says: "Is there no recognition for YOUR former husband, Diane Martin?" Diane says: "Dash Drew, I always KNEW someday, you'd darken up MY limosuine again? Are you STILL carousing with any woman who will give you the time of day, or have you given that up?" Dash says: "Why, looking for a date?" Diane says: "With ANYONE but you!" Dash says: "I give you a daughter, Sydney Drew, I let you KEEP your own last name, I let her keep HER own last name, I help you to groom her to become a force for good JUST like her mother, and this is the thanks I get?" Diane says: "You know for a fact that the only reason why YOU'RE here, is because Queen Hedrian wanted ALL of us! Speaking of which, where is Jim Makoto, Ken's replacement? He should be here." And as if on cue, a grizzled, middle-aged, Japanese-American cowboy shows up. Diane says: "So, you're Jim! Glad to finally meet you!" Diane holds out her hand, but Jim doesn't touch it, or even say anything. Diane says: "Hmmm, not much of a talker, is he?" Dan says: "He's...a man of action, not words! But, if it wasn't for his trumpet playing, Egos Satan would've NEVER been distracted long enough for us to get the finishing blow on him!" Alpha 8 says: "Actually, that's WHY Queen Hedrian has CALLED you here! Apparently, she needs to discuss something with you, because, it seems that there might be some 'Unfinished Business' in regards to Egos Satan." Shiro says: "What kind of unfinished business?" Alpha 8 says: "Egos Satan had a son. His name is Radiguet, and he's married a brainwashed Maria! He's VERY dangerous! And even though Egos Satan has not been heard from since YOUR battle against him, Queen Hedrian has reason to believe that Egos Satan may still be influencing his son, somehow, from behind the scenes somewhere!" Dash says: "Wait! You know WHAT we DID?!" Alpha 8 says: "More than that, we know WHAT you did! We KNOW you were one of the FIRST teams of Power Rangers!" Diane says: "One of the FIRST?! You mean, there's MORE than us?!" Alpha 8 says: "You haven't even BEGUN to scratch the surface! But first, I must advise you, I know you've come a long way, but Earth has CHANGED from what you know it. That's why I came out first, to acclimate you to what you're about to see! You have to promise me that you won't freak out!" Diane and the others look at each other seriously, and she says: "Listen, Alpha 8. Dan and the rest of us have been around the block more than once, okay? There's NOTHING you could show us that would make us FREAK out!" Alpha 8 chuckles nervously, and he says: "Okay. Omnus, warp us in." And they all warp into the Power Chamber. Upon being 'Plopped' in, the veteran Rangers pick themselves up, and look in utter amazement, at how FAT technology has come since that late afternoon, of 1979. Shiro gasps, and she says: "I don't believe it! This is amazing! I...I never would've thought that my contributions to NASADA would push technology this far!" Queen Hedrian walks in, still wearing traditional 1981 attire! Queen Hedrian says: "You're here! I guess that means, you WANT to get 'Burning Up' again!" Jim seriously asks: "WHAT?!!!" Dan says: "So you CAN talk! And all this time, we thought you were a mute...not that there's anything WRONG with that!!" Shiro says: "Well, of COURSE Jim can talk...IF there's anyone WORTH talking to...or ABOUT!" Queen Hedrian chuckles, and she says: "Sorry! Little inside joke! I guess you kind of had to be there!" Dash asks: "Be WHERE?" Omnus appears, and says: "Not 'Where', 'When'." Diane says: "Okay, this is getting weirder by the minute." Queen Hedrian says: "I told you to WAIT! You may not be SHOCKING to anyone in THIS day, but think of how JARRING your appearance is, to someone who's standard of weird is late 1970's, early 1980's? Why do you think I WORE this tacky outfit from my 'Glory' days? Certainly NOT because there was a convention in town!" Omnus says: "Forgive my startling appearance. And you are right, Queen Hedrian. Perhaps my appearance might be a little much. I hope that two of OUR Rangers can help put you MORE at ease! Naruto and Usagi, you can come out now." And Naruto and Usagi walk out. Usagi says: "Hello, Diane Martin! It's SO nice to finally meet you in person, after having only READ about you, and viewed your archive battles via the Viewing Globe!" Shiro says: "You mean, there WAS evidence of our battles?!" Omnus says: "The Viewing Globe is a magical device! It can patch into any orbiting satellite system, specifically zoom in onto any monster threat, and report/record it back to us!" Shiro says: "That's SO cool!" Dan says: "So, Naruto, I see you're wearing Red. I guess that makes you the current Red Ranger!" Naruto says: "You are correct, and I am 100% Japanese, large, and in charge!" Dan says: "AWESOME! I guess 'Positive Affirmation' worked out after all!" Usagi says: "Naruto, have you forgotten WHO currently leads the Rangers?!" Naruto groans, and says: "Sorry...BOSS!!!!" Dash says: "Or NOT! I guess the MORE things change, the more things stay the same!" Alpha 8 nervously says: "Well, NOT exactly! Call in the rest of the Rangers!" Omnus says: "All right. The rest of you, come out." And the other Power Rangers come out. First Lettuce, than Pinkie, than BlackHawk, than StarHawk, than FireHawk! Diane says: "Well, I KNEW Sydney Drew said SOMETHING about some 'S.P.D.' Program doing something regarding genetic engineering and the like, but I never imagined something like THIS would occur!" Lettuce says: "We're NOT genetic experiments! We have been called from the vast reaches of the Multiverse itself!" Shiro says: "The Multiverse?! So there IS more than one! My theory was correct!" Pinkie says: "In more ways than one! Say hello to the Thunder Rangers!" And the Thunder Rangers come out! First Patsy, than Samson, than Krash'ir, than Coop, than D.O.G.! Shiro says: "D.O.G.! I remember you! You were the first project I ever worked on! I never imagined that you would be improved THIS much!" D.O.G. says: "About that, it's kind of a LONG story!" A familiar voice says: "And you can't mention it without me." And in walks Captain Retro. Captain Retro cheerfully shouts: "Hello!" D.O.G. says: "Of course! Shiro, this is my younger half-brother, Captain Retro! It was his idea to call you here! You see, he keeps track of all Power Ranger history; publicly known or otherwise, and he keeps a watchful eye on our current history to make sure everything's on the up and up!" And just than, a Baby Aquila flies in and perches RIGHT on top of Captain Retro's head. Captain Retro seriously asks: "Are you...using my head as a PERCH now?! What is WRONG with YOU?! Don't TELL me that you're PICKING up BAD habits from FireHawk?!" Aquila coos in her native Hawkian tongue, having NOT learned English yet! And Captain Retro understands it, and he says: "I don't CARE if you're MAD that I'm YELLING at YOU! You're a LOT heavier than you LOOK, you know! I SWEAR, I was NEVER that bratty as a baby!" D.O.G. nervously says: "Like I said, he's a VERY important asset to us! Just trust me on this!" / The action shifts to the secret Neo Empire Gear Base, where Meison is putting the finishing touches on a project! Meison says: "With all due respect, your rotteness, wouldn't it just be EASIER to put our plan in motion, while Queen Beryl has sent ANOTHER Youma out?!" The fully cybernetic Dr. Maniac replies: "Once we're done with THIS thing, Queen Beryl will be but a thing of the past. It's time that I regained my RIGHTFUL place as the most INTELLIGENT being, mechanical or otherwise, in the universe! And the BEST part of it is, we'll gain SO much power in the process, that even if the plan ISN'T completely successful, we'll be POWERFUL enough to DESTROY Radiguet and his forces even WITHOUT my plan being completely successful!" Meison says: "Yes, my evil one!" And he finishes welding the device! Meison says: "It's DONE!!!!" And lightning SOMEHOW claps in the room filled with technology! Dr. Maniac says: "FINALLY! After ALL these years of research and working: The TIME RIFT CREATOR!!!!" Fara says: "Pardon me for asking the OBVIOUS, but, what does it do?" Dr. Maniac says: "I'm glad you asked. You see, since we seem to be having no luck destroying the Power Rangers in the present, we shall simply have to go BACK in time, to BEFORE the Power Rangers got so powerful! When they were so WEAK and unskilled, even that PATHETIC Queen Hedrian could be a challenge for them!" Mettzler says: "Can the Time Rift Creator REALLY send people back into the past?" Dr. Maniac says: "Well, it wasn't CHEAP, OR easy, trying to FIND or BUY or the parts needed to put this together! But YES! This is the CULMINATION of my ULTIMATE dream! The beginning of the END of those STUPID mortal HUMANS, and the RISE of machines, as the NEW, dominant species!" Farrah Cat says: "But sir, isn't that a bit of an oxymoron? I mean, YOU used to be a mortal human yourself; and machines by strict definition don't have a definitive life--." (ZAP!!!!) But Farrah Cat NEVER gets to finish her thought, because Dr. Maniac zaps her into ashes RIGHT than and there! Dr. Maniac callously says: "Oh look, that minion died. Kaolite and Villuy, would you clean that mess up please? I expect to continue THAT conversation NEVER!" Kaolite says: "Of course, sir! We wouldn't DREAM of questioning THAT decision!" And they proceed to do just that! Dr. Maniac says: "As for the rest of you, Meison, you have shown tireless and unending loyalty to me. As such, you are now, and even retro-actively, my loyal dragon from here-on in AND in perpetuity! As for the REST of you, Mettzler, Fara, and ESPECIALLY Psygorn; you're SICK, you're USELESS, and you're FREAKING psychotic, ALL RESPECTIVELY! You've NEVER had a successful FIGHT against the Power Rangers!" Psygorn says: "To be fair, it's not EXACTLY like we've had many opportunities to prove our worth!" Dr. Maniac says: "Well, you'll SOON get that chance! In addition to the Time Rift Creator, I've also had Meison complete the NEO MACHINE ENHANCER! They'll replace your INADEQUATE, INEFFICIENT mortal bodies, with those of new, IMPROVED mettalic MACHINE bodies! You will have more than DOUBLE the strength, wisdom, and speed that you did BEFORE!!!!" Mettzler gets excited and says: "I could SURE go for that!" Dr. Maniac says: "And you WILL! You, Fara, and EVEN Psygorn, will be undergoing this process, as well as the rest of my Mecha-Clone army eventually! I'll NEED your strength for the upcoming BATTLE!" Fara asks: "What battle?" Dr. Maniac says: "We will ELIMINATE Queen Beryl, the same way she prematurely TRIED to terminate me! Payback is DEFINITELY Scrappy-Doo's Mother, isn't it?!" Psygorn says: "Do you REALLY think it's going to work?!" Dr. Maniac looks at him bored, as if it were the most OBVIOUS answer to the most OBVIOUS question in the world! Dr. Maniac says: "Why do you think Kaolite and Villuy have been so busy up until now? They've been trying to contact Queen Galaxia, to ALIGN with us, in overthrowing Queen Beryl!" Mettzler says: "You couldn't even handle Queen Beryl by YOURSELF before! What makes YOU think Queen Galaxia will be any better?!" Dr. Maniac says: "Because unlike Queen Beryl, Queen Galaxia APPRECIATES the one thing I do more than anything else in the universe; sheer efficiancy! And since I've had Kaolite and Villuy tell her AND show her the evidence that Queen Beryl has been FAR from efficient...well, needless to say, Queen Galaxia was all too eager to come our way, and she's almost here NOW! In fact, it's TIME Kaolite and Villuy prepared for her arrival! So..." Dr. Maniac suddenly starts shouting: "Kaolite! Villuy! Are you DONE cleaning up, yet?!" Villuy says: "Just finished, sir!" Dr. Maniac says: "Good! You two take Meison and a squadron of regular Mecha-Clones with you to aid Queen Galaxia as the first wave of combat. I need to PREPARE Mettzler, Fara, and Psygorn for their, 'Reconditioning', and make them BECOME the soldiers I've ALWAYS wanted!" Kaolite says: "But what if the Power Rangers decide to interfere?" Dr. Maniac says: "Why do you think I had this Time Rift Creator built? With the capabilities of this machine, I can enhance ANY monster that existed in the past! By increasing their STRENGTH, it will boost their powers FAR beyond normal, and ENSURE that any PAST Power Rangers DON'T survive their fight! And NO PAST Power Rangers, equals NO present/FUTURE Power Rangers!" Psygorn giggles with sadistic glee and says: "And I can't WAIT to MURDER all those lousy Power Rangers, just for YOU, Dr. Maniac!" Dr. Maniac seriously says: "We'll see. Are we all CLEAR on what is about to happen?" Meison says: "100%, sir." Dr. Maniac says: "Good! Than let's get TO it!" Kaolite, Villuy, and Meison load up in a small fighter space craft, and blast off! Dr. Maniac turns ON the Time Rift Creator, and it begins powering up, as Dr. Maniac PUSHES Mettzler, Fara, and Psygorn into the Neo Machine Enhancer! Dr. Maniac says: "Rift OPEN the 4th dimension, TEAR into the past, and RESHAPE MY FUTURE, into it's RIGHTFUL DESTINY!!!!" And the Time Rift Creator FULLY powers up, and BLASTS a Time Hole Rift into the Space Time continuum, a blast SO powerful, even RADIGUET can feel it in orbit around Corinth! / Tranza says: "Did you feel THAT energy? If I didn't KNOW any better, I'd say that it was Dr. Maniac's doing! But...that's CRAZY!" Gray says: "It IS Dr. Maniac! I'm not sure how, but that can be none other than the CRAZED Doctor himself! I'm certain!" A brainwashed Maria twitches, and says: "It CAN'T be Dr. Maniac! Human mortals aren't MEANT to be capable of achieving THAT vast amount of energy!" Tranza says: "Well, it looks like he DID, and I DON'T think that's a GOOD thing, even for US!" Radiguet says: "On the contrary, I can use this to my advantage! It's a good thing that Dr. Maniac is as STUBBORN as WELL as PRIDEFUL! Otherwise, his USEFULNESS to me would've ended a long TIME ago!" Eris suddenly appears in his ship again, and she says: "I'm surprised you find SOMEBODY useful! I thought you HATED everybody, INCLUDING yourself!" Radiguet smirks, and says: "Eris, HOW predictable! TOO predictable, for your own GOOD!!!!" And lightning ENERGY shackles suddenly wrap around Eris' arms and legs, zapping her Apple of Discord out of HER hands, and into Radiguet's! Radiguet says: "Now, Eris, I wouldn't struggle if I were you. After all, those energy bonds are SPECIFICALLY designed to operate at the EXACT opposite frequency of YOUR powers! If you TRY to break them, they WILL shock you!" Eris chuckles, like it's STILL nothing, and says: "Come on! Can't you take ONE practical joke?!" Gray seriously says: "You're asking the WRONG despot! I don't think Radiguet can even comprehend, what a 'Joke' is supposed to be?" Radiguet says: "On the contrary; I can be QUITE funny if I wanted to! For example; Mary HAD a Little Lamb--BUT I ATE IT!!!!" And Radiguet chuckles rather cruelly! Radiguet says: "You see, I can be funny!" Eris says: "And to think, I once thought MANDY was the master of BAD humor! What do you WANT with me?!" Radiguet says: "Poor, simple FOOL! It's not YOU I'm after! I'm after a MUCH bigger fish--." A booming masculine/feminine voice shouts over a video intercom wall: "Radiguet, STOP!!!!" Radiguet says: "At last, on cue. I've been waiting 180 years for this moment, SLA'NEESH!!!!" The absolutely HORRIBLE looking (even compared to Radiguet's twisted standards) mess of a male/female Chaos God, appears on Radiguet's screen. Sla'neesh says: "You are not FIT to speak my name, nor do you know the CONSEQUENCES of capturing my most FAITHFUL servant! Let her GO!" Radiguet says: "Not a CHANCE, Sla'neesh, she's MINE now! But than, you would know all ABOUT trying to take something that ISN'T yours, and getting some SICK pleasure out of it, DON'T you, Sla'neesh?! I'm not just talking about that atrocious act you had Usagi and Krash'ir commit with each other, either. But by the very way, you SHAPED me into THIS state of sordid affairs! After I was forced to kill my mother, thanks to Egos Satan being BANISHED to who knows where, I needed someone to GUIDE me on the right way to conquer Earth! I went to YOU for help! I INVITE you into MY ship! I provide you with delectable FOOD and hospitality; and HOW do you repay ME?!!! YOU DROVE ME to levels of insanity that I never THOUGHT were POSSIBLE, you SINGLE HANDIDLY gave me every CONCEIVABLE sexual disease known to humans and several OTHER alien species, you SODOMIZED me and made me 'Squeal like a pig' every single CHANCE you GOT, thanks to YOUR advice, I got BANISHED from Earth for the past 180 years, AND you FORCED me to treat myself for Chylmidia SIX TIMES, which I didn't even know was possible! So, 'FORGIVE' me for NOT acting more CIVIL towards you!" Sla'neesh callously says: "Sorry, you're going to have to be WAY more SPECIFIC than that! Do you HONESTLY think you're the FIRST alien I've ever wronged? You're nothing more than a footnote, on my LONG list of sexual conquests!" Radiguet angrily says: "And THAT attitude, is precisely WHY your heinous behavior is about to come to an END! The LOYAL servant of Sla'neesh IS a GREAT, valuable commodity!" (ZAP!!!!) And the lightning bracelets PAINFULLY zap Eris AGAIN!!!! Radiguet says: "BUT--I MIGHT be willing to make an EXCHANGE, for SOMEONE even BETTER!" Sla'neesh asks: "And what makes YOU think, I would EVER give myself up, just to STOP your SENSELESS torture?" Radiguet says: "Because, Eris is ONLY effective in helping YOU, as LONG as her beauty remains intact! Tranza, bring him IN!!!!" Tranza says: "On it!" And Tranza pushes a button, that produces a surgeon's operating table around Eris, keeping the lightning bracelets around her for good measure, and a CRAZED surgeon monster comes in! Sla'neesh says: "Radiguet, you FIEND! What are you DOING to Eris?!" Radiguet says: "First off, let me permit you to introduce you to my loyal monster, Dr. Schlotkin! The most BRILLIANT nose surgeon in the ENTIRE Universe...and Beverly Hills!" Dr. Schlotkin says: "Pleasure!" Sla'neesh is puzzled, and asks: "Nose job? I don't understand; she's already HAD a nose job, it was her SWEET 1600th present!" Radiguet says: "Oh, it's NOT what you think, it's much, MUCH worse! I KNOW that there's a secret CODE to de-power the Chaos Realm, but I don't know what it is. So, if you do NOT give yourself up to me in a mortal body, and TELL me the code for how to de-power the Chaos Realm, Dr. Schlotkin will give Eris back, her OLD FACE!!!!" Eris screams: "NOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! Where did you get THAT?!" Sla'neesh panics, and says: "Okay, okay! I'll tell!" Eris says: "NO! Sla'neesh, you MUST NOT!" Sla'neesh sighs, and says: "You're right, Eris. I'll miss your new face. But I'll NEVER tell Radiguet the secret combination, no matter what!" Radiguet angrily says: "FINE!!!! Dr. Schlotkin, do YOUR WORST!!!!" Dr. Schlotkin sharpens his already SHARP cutting saws, and says: "My PLEASURE!!!!" And Eris passes out due to nausea. And as soon as Eris passes out, Sla'neesh screams: "WAIT! I'll TELL! I'll tell." Eris' table lowers away from Dr. Schlotkin, and Radiguet says: "I KNEW that would work! Very well, what's the combination." Sla'neesh says: "The combination is, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5." Radiguet says: "So the combination is, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. That's...THE STUPIDEST COMBINATION I EVER HEARD OF IN MY LIFE! That's the kind of combination an IDIOT would have on his LUGGAGE!" Sla'neesh says: "I didn't pick it, Khorne did! I wanted to go with a really TOUGH password; Swordfish! Anyways, you got what YOU wanted, now, let ERIS GO!!!!" Radiguet says: "Don't worry, I'll release Eris, as SOON as you take a mortal form and take her PLACE! Remember, it's YOU, or her FACE!!!!" Sla'neesh says: "You're a MONSTER, Radiguet!" Radiguet says: "I WOULD be flattered, but you have no one to blame but yourself! So tell me, in hindsight, WAS sexually torturing me REALLY worth it, Sla'neesh?" Sla'neesh says nothing, and instead warps itself into Radiguet's ship in a mortal body, and replaces Eris in the operation table. Radiguet than walks up to Sla'neesh, and SLAPS him in the face! Radiguet says: "How does it FEEL to not have the protection of the Chaos Realm to PROTECT you from every type of pain that YOU inflict upon others? IT HURTS, DOESN'T IT?!!! Imagine having to FEEL that pain every single day for THREE HUNDRED DAYS! It's AMAZING I can FEEL anything at ALL!" Sla'neesh says: "So what are YOU looking for, an APOLOGY CARD?!" Radiguet says: "Oh, it's WAY too late for apologies, 180 YEARS too late! Although, in a weird way, I guess I SHOULD thank you. If it weren't for the way YOU treated me, I NEVER would've learned what ALL Chaos Gods are like! While their loyal servants do all the DIRTY work for them, they just sit around comfortably getting FAT or something! You have lost TOUCH with the REAL world, Chaos Gods, you GREW complacent! Well, it's time that I woke you ALL UP!!!! I intend on making every single ONE of you pay ME back for the DAMAGE you inflicted upon me and everyone else at least TEN fold! Consider it INTEREST built from the last 180 years!" Sla'neesh says: "As IF! There's no way YOU could EVER be a threat to the Chaos Gods!" Radiguet chuckles and he says: "T'zeen'tch thought the very same thing, and I TRAPPED him in a Way Stone for all HIS troubles!" Sla'neesh panics, and says: "PLEASE! Not that! Anything but THAT! Pleasure is my life! FEELING is my life! If you trap me in a Way Stone, my reason for living will be taken away!" Radiguet's eyes light up with interest, and he says: "BEGGING, are we? I remember how I BEGGED for you to give me a brainwashed version of MY mother back to me, and you NEVER did! Well, BEG for me, and see how I decide to respond to YOU!!!!" Sla'neesh slyly says: "Do you want to know the TRUTH about your mother?! She was a VERY loyal servant of mine, and your father was a servant of Khorne! Our idea was to merge the BEST of our forces together, when they gave birth to you! In 1980, one year after you were born, Egos Satan got BANISHED to a ghostly netherworld, leaving Emperess Jooza to raise you herself! Than, when the time was right, I BRAINWASHED your mother to ATTACK you! Initially, I wanted your MOTHER to be the victor, and become my 1,000th married concubine! But, you HAD other ideas! And came BACK to kill your mother instead! Do you know how angry that made me feel? I SWORE that I would teach you YOUR place in the universe no matter what it took!" Radiguet hollowly says: "Teach me my place?" Than Radiguet screams: "TEACH ME MY PLACE?!!! It was YOUR FAULT I HAD to KILL MY MOTHER?! It's YOUR FAULT SHE'S DEAD?! And you have the condescending NERVE to tell me it was all about teaching me MY PLACE in the universe?! That TEARS IT! I know I'm normally NICE enough to spare TWO of each species, but because of THAT information, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that I'm SIMPLY going to have to KILL every single ONE of your followers except for Eris! It's the ONLY way I'll be able to hold on to any SEMBLANCE of my SANITY!" The brainwashed Maria twitches, and says: "Please, Radiguet, calm down! There would be absolutely no BENEFIT to trying to KILL every single one of Sla'neesh's followers; why go to all the hassle?" Radiguet asks: "HASSLE?! You listen to ME, Maria! This is CALLED a 'Public Service'!" Gray sarcastically says: "You have GOT to be kidding me!" Radiguet says: "Tranza, WATCH this! This will be GOOD education for you!" Tranza zooms off, and QUICKLY comes back with a large, buttered popcorn, and a large, Diet Pepsi. Tranza excitedly says: "This is going to be good!" Radiguet inputs the code onto his ship, and sure enough, it INSTANTLY cuts off power to all CURRENT Chaos Realm demons, and their Gods! Sla'neesh says: "Even WITH the Chaos Realm's power cut off, there is no WAY you could KILL every single one of my followers, and I would LOVE to see you TRY!" Radiguet glares evilly, and he says: "Oh, you WOULD; WOULD YOU?! Be careful what you WISH for, you just might GET IT!!!!" And Radiguet once again quickly powers up a gigantic DEATH BALL, and Sla'neesh says: "WOAH! That's MUCH bigger than T'zeen'tch's Death Ball!" Radiguet says: "Spare me your FALSE flattery!!!!" And Radiguet BLASTS The Death Ball into Sla'neesh's section of the Chaos Realm, detonates it RIGHT in the middle of it, and the resulting explosion spreads outwards, quickly REDUCING every single one of Sla'neesh's followers (save for Eris), in it's wake! Sla'neesh is completely stunned, and says: "WOW! I...didn't think you COULD actually do it!" Radiguet says: "Now, do you see the RESULTS of my TIRELESS training?! I have spent every WAKING moment of the past 180 years, dedicated to the SOLE pursuit of becoming STRONGER than the Chaos Gods! I have SUCKED the souls out of HUNDREDS of beings to keep myself as YOUNG as I was when you FIRST violated me, just so when the time CAME for me to collect my restitution, you would SEE the same face you DID 180 years ago, only with the positions REVERSED! But don't worry, I won't degrade you the same way you did me! There's no act of sexual depravity that YOU wouldn't actually enjoy! So instead, we'll just go straight to the source, where I collect MY payback for ALL the crimes you've committed!" Radiguet starts punching Sla'neesh in the face HARD, and Radiguet yells: "This is for brainwashing my MOTHER!!!! This is for FORCING me to KILL HER!!!! This is for infecting at least TWO past United States Presidents with your SICK, DEPRAVED mindset! This is for SODOMIZING me! This is for FORCING Usagi and Krash'ir to do the NASTY with each other...I mean, come ON!!!! Even I have more decency than THAT! And THIS is for forcing me to treat myself for Chlymidia six times!" Sla'neesh wearily says: "Khorne and I, the only reason we EVER did this; after the untimely death of Dark Spectre, we DREAMED of creating the most POWERFUL villain in the universe to replace him...AND we succeeded." Sla'neesh's face, now TRULY looks as ugly on the outside, as Sla'neesh is on the inside! Radiguet says: "So, you think that means I OWE you anything? HARDLY! I've waited 180 years to get payback, and I'm going to GET it! Usagi was satisfied with merely beating you, but I won't make HER mistake! If I'll let you live, you'll just continue to inflict your POISON across the universe; so, I'm going to do the universe an actual favor, and RID the universe of YOU!!!!" And Radiguet grabs a machine gun from Dr. Schlotkin, and BLASTS Sla'neesh the FULL 100 rounds with it! Than he grabs ANOTHER machine gun from Dr. Schlotkin, and BLASTS Sla'neesh ANOTHER full 100 rounds with it! Radiguet than grabs a standard shotgun from Dr. Schlotkin, and blasts him a full six times! Than Radiguet grabs another shotgun from Dr. Schlotkin, and blasts Sla'neesh ANOTHER full six times! Tranza says: "WOW! Now I know what the definition of 'Overkill', looks like!" Radiguet sighs contentedly and says: "On the contrary, I think that was the perfect amount of 'Kill'. Unless there's a nearby star where we can BURN Sla'neesh's body!" Gray sighs, and says: "Of course, Master!" They quickly zoom to Corinth's sun, and BLAST Sla'neesh's body into it, incinerating it into there is nothing left. Tranza says: "You know, you COULD'VE just turned Sla'neesh into a Way Stone." Radiguet says: "True. But after hearing about just how DEPRAVED Sla'neesh was, and being REMINDED of what he did to me, I decided that I didn't want to take ANY chance of having HIS spirit infecting me! Now he is DEAD, and he will STAY dead!" Eris wakes up, and she says: "Is it TRUE?! You KILLED Sla'neesh?!" Radiguet says: "I did you a favor! Consider ourselves EVEN! You WASTED my time fighting Power Rangers on Corinth, only to find out Venjix was defeated a long time ago! So, I return the favor by using you as leverage against Sla'neesh and it's minions by destroying them! But don't worry, you'll be SPARED, as LONG as you don't get any FUNNY ideas about TRYING to come onto this ship again!" Eris picks up her Apple of Discord, and says: "As far as I'm concerned, YOU WON'T see ME again! You USED to be fun, and actually cool! But now, I wouldn't even SPIT in your direction! Good day, SIR!" And she warps off of Radiguet's ship! Radiguet says: "Well, so much for THOSE loose ends! I guess it's time for us to travel back to Core Earth! It's a shame it's so far away! Gray, how long will it take for us to get back there?" Gray says: "Even if we go full throttle all the way, it will STILL take us 250 Core Earth days to get back there! Core Earth ain't just across the street, if you know what I mean!" Radiguet says: "Oh well, it can't be helped. Maria, prepare the hibernation chambers for all of us. Besides, I NEED to recharge my energy for the Power Rangers. In 249 days, we'll wake and be right on the doorstep of Core Earth." Maria sighs, and says: "Yes, sire." / The action shifts back to the Command Center, where Lettuce finishes saying: "...And that's basically the whole story about what's happened to us until Queen Hedrian summoned you here. I know it was a lot to take in, but we figured it was better to tell you now, as opposed to later." Shiro says: "Don't worry, I understood it. I'm not sure if DREW did!" Drew says: "Come on! Why pick on ME?!" Coop says: "Well, you DID lose Diane Martin! From what I understand, she was QUITE the looker back in the day!" StarHawk says: "And even today, she's STILL pretty beautiful, considering she's almost 64!" Diane says: "Thank you!" Captain Retro comes back in, and he says: "I was FINALLY able to put baby Aquila to sleep! It took me long enough!" FireHawk says: "It's a SHAME you don't like kids, Captain Retro." Captain Retro says: "Who said I don't like kids? I like kids just fine, as long as they don't behave like a pair of rabid hyenas! No offense to actual hyenas!" Than suddenly, Krash'ir twitches, and she suddenly TRANSFORMS into her Krystal guise! Usagi asks: "Krash'ir, why did you CHANGE into Krystal just now?!" Krash'ir seems shell-shocked, and she says: "I...couldn't help it. It's like, my connection to the Chaos Realm was just suddenly cut off! I...I can't feel my blood lust anymore. It feels like it's...gone." Captain Retro says: "Radiguet!" D.O.G. asks: "How?" Captain Retro says: "Radiguet got Sla'neesh into an offer it couldn't refuse; it's life, for Eris' beauty. Of course, Sla'neesh just HAD to be arrogant and make it worse! So I expect that Radiguet will--." But at that moment, an earthquake RATTLES the Command Center, Alpha 8 says: "Aye-yai-yai-yai-yai! Our sensors are practically going haywire!" Naruto looks at the Viewing Globe, and he asks: "What the HECK is THAT?!!!" They look at the Viewing Globe, and they see a purple, glowing vortex above where Devil's Tower USED to be! Captain Retro asks: "Is that a TIME RIFT?!!! That CRAZED Dr. Maniac has created a Time Rift in SPACE!!!!" Jim says: "So, I take it Time Rifts are NOT a good thing?" Captain Retro says: "Hardly! If Dr. Maniac has harnessed the power to create a Time Rift into the time space continuum, he can only be using it for ONE possible reason! He wants to go into the past when Power Rangers weren't quite as powerful as they are now, and eliminate them BEFORE they get stronger powers!" Krash'ir's eyes open up wide, and she says: "I felt a GRAVE disturbance in the Chaos Realm! I heard MILLIONS of Sla'neesh's followers suddenly CRY out in terror...and than, they were suddenly silenced! I feel as something TERRIBLE has happened to the Chaos Realm!" BlackHawk says: "Radiguet must have found a way to cut off power and connections to the Chaos Realm! You can't BE Krash'ir, because she's a Chaos Realm demon! But, if there IS no active Chaos Realm..." Krash'ir says: "Than I can't access my Chaos Realm abilities!" FireHawk says: "So THAT'S why General Krush came back! He must have anticipated that this was going to happen, and he got out while he still could!" Captain Retro says: "Radiguet shutting off the power to the Chaos Realm is the LEAST of our worries! What's far more important now, is that the main team of Power Rangers, you're going to have to go to the past, and STOP Dr. Maniac from carrying out his twisted schemes!" Usagi says: "Sure, but why US?! Diane Martin and her team of Power Rangers actually LIVED through the past, why can't you send them?!" Captain Retro says: "Because, it's FAR too risky to try sending THEM back to the past! If their past selves were to come into contact with their future selves, it could result in a time-space meltdown that could nullify all of existence, and I don't think anybody wants that, least of all me! However, since none of YOU guys and girls were alive and/or on Earth back than, you can go into the past, no problem!" Samson asks: "Can't you go with them, Captain Retro?" Captain Retro says: "Well, I AM going with them, but I have to be incognito! I'll have to disguse myself, because a 5 foot 8 inch anthropomorphic dog is going to be a little conspicuous, if you know what I mean! Oh, Queen Hedrian! I guess you better give magic disguises to the non-human Power Rangers as well." Queen Hedrian sighs, and says: "Sorry, Pinkie. It looks like you're going to be turned into a human AFTER all!" Pinkie says: "But I..." (POOF!!!!) And sure enough, Lettuce, Pinkie, BlackHawk, StarHawk, and FireHawk are all transformed into humans with their respective heights intact, and wearing clothes and punkish, short cut hair styles that wouldn't look out of place in the 1980's! Patsy says: "THAT'S your idea of incognito? They look COMPLETELY tacky!" Captain Retro says: "EXACTLY! Do you know the CRAZY amount of things that could PASS for acceptible fashion in the 1980's?! They will BLEND right in!" Omnus says: "You know, I'm surprised that I can't actually argue with THAT thorough logic!" Krash'ir says: "I wish I could go with you Usagi, but until I can get used to fighting without access to my Chaos Realm abilities, I'd only be slowing you down." Usagi says: "That's okay, someone needs to stay here and keep an eye on Sally Anne, and there is no one more capable than you!" Captain Retro says: "Which reminds me, as soon as you guys are done with this mission, you'll have to go into the Nazi Realm and destroy the Dark Kaiser. The trouble is, with this Time Rift open, there's a chance it could STILL affect events in our time! If that happens, it could even affect the Nazi realm!" BlackHawk says: "Meaning...?" Captain Retro says: "For example, the Nazi realm itself might still BE intact, but it might not necessarily be Nazi's controlling it. And since this IS Dr. Maniac we're talking about, that might not necessarily be a GOOD thing!" Lettuce says: "That's a very good point, actually!" Scrappy-Doo comes up and asks: "And what about us?" Captain Retro says: "You and the Thunder Rangers will need to stay here. If Queen Beryl, Dr. Maniac, or Vipera try to attack, we'll need someone who can defend Coastal Falls. Which reminds me, Tommy wanted to give you an early birthday present, Scrappy." Scrappy says: "A birthday present, for ME?!" Captain Retro gives Scrappy a green box, and he says: "Open it. I think you'll like it!" Scrappy does this, and his eyes light up, and he asks: "The TIGERZORD Power Morpher?!" Captain Retro says: "Tommy wasn't going to use it anymore, now that he's retired, and he didn't want to go to waste, so he asked me to find a suitable candidate to use it. And, since we're short on other possibilities, you're currently the best for the job!" Scrappy honestly says: "Captain Retro, I promise that on ALL things Power Rangers, I WON'T let you down! I may not be the hero that Coastal Falls neccessarily wanted, but I might just be the HERO that Coastal Falls NEEDS!" Captain Retro says: "I'm sure you'll do fine. Omnus, prepare the Power Rangers!" Shiro asks: "Where are you sending them?" Captain Retro says: "They'll be heading to where it all began for YOU, for starters! Back to December 31, 1979. From there, I have determined that the Time Rift will automatically skip forward to whenever Dr. Maniac tries to prepare an attack. In the meantime, the eight of us will have to live Parallel lives, and try not to disturb the flow of history so much! So, don't even THINK about even TRYING to as so much DATE ANYONE, NARUTO!!!!" FireHawk says: "OOH, he's got YOU pegged, Naruto!" Naruto shouts: "I have a GIRLFRIEND!" FireHawk says: "In CANADA!!!!" Queen Hedrian says: "OOH, BURN!!!!" Captain Retro says: "All right, knock it off, FireHawk, or Queen Hedrian can make you look like Boy George for the 1980's, and SPOILER ALERT, the 1980's were NOT a great time for Gay people! I'm just saying things are a LOT cooler now! And furthermore, don't try to kill any named monsters if you don't have to. It's going to be difficult ENOUGH for me to manage what is sure to become altered history even WITHOUT additional changes to worry about." FireHawk says: "You mean, we CAN'T just kill Radiguet as a baby in the past?" Captain Retro looks at her SERIOUSLY, and says: "No...just, no. Have you EVER heard of 'Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act'? Well, there are THREE justifications for that! In the first place, an alteration to history THAT big and gigantic, could result in history becoming SO messed up that in TRYING to piece it back together, the time-space continuum could collapse in on itself, destroying all sentient life as we know it! Secondly, even if the time-space continuum somehow DIDN'T collapse in on itself, and successfully managed to create an alternate timeline, there's STILL too much of a chance, that history could be changed in ways that you can't anticipate. For instance, even if there technically WEREN'T Nazi's, you might accidentally cause something even WORSE than Nazi's to be created! In other words, 'Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!' Third, and I can't BELIEVE I even have to say this, but, you're talking about killing a BABY, who, from HIS perspective, hasn't DONE anything yet!" FireHawk stares at Captain Retro blankly, causing Captain Retro to say: "And THAT'S terrible! Suppose EVERYONE had access to time travel, and decided to time travel to any time they wished, just to 'Ret-gone' somebody out of existence! Not only could you accidentally erase YOURSELF from existence, the logistical nightmare of trying to keep history functioning under such circumstances would be a NIGHTMARE for ME and the REST of the Guardians! There ARE limits to the kinds of things even WE can do, lest you FORGET that important fact!" Lettuce says: "Or to put it more simply, Radiguet is bad, but unfortunately, neccessary for history to stay functional." Captain Retro says: "Thank you! At least, someone gets it!" Usagi says: "I wish my fellow Sailor Scouts could see this...I guess I'll just have to settle for telling them all about it once I get back!" Captain Retro says: "As usual, don't let ANYBODY in the past see you morph if you can ACTIVELY avoid it! Just THINK of the trauma that would create!" Pinkie says: "I wouldn't dream of it, Retro!" Omnus says: "All right, we're all clear on what we must do! Scrappy, and Thunder Rangers, morph, and standby for any threats we might have to face on Core Earth!" Scrappy says: "I've always wanted to say this! It's MORPHING time!" / Scrappy says: "Tigerzord!" / And his body shifts into an adult form, and he's now wearing the White Ranger power costume! Samson says: "You know, now that I've seen this costume in person, it DOES look a lot like our Thunder Ranger Power costumes!" Omnus says: "It should! Since Zordon wasn't able to find the Thunder Morphers back in his time, he simply used his knowledge and memory to create a brand new morpher, based on those powers!" Coop says: "That explains a lot! Anyways, time for the rest of us! It's MORPHING time!" / Krash'ir, in her Krystal form, says: “Blue Kirin Thunderzord power!” Samson says: “Red Dragon Thunderzord power!” Patsy says: “Pink Phoenix Thunderzord power!” Coop grows to FULL adult height, and he says: “Green Lion Thunderzord power!” D.O.G. says: "Yellow Korin Thunderzord power!” / D.O.G., looks at their now FULL team, and says: "Somehow, this just feels right to me." Lettuce says: "All right! It's time for us to kick BUTT and take names, preferably Dr. Maniac's!" Usagi asks: "Captain Retro, are you going to bring your Master Morpher with you?" Captain Retro says: "I NEVER go time-traveling without it!" Patsy says: "I'm SO jealous! You have GOT to tell me how you GOT one of those, one of these days!" Captain Retro says: "I'll tell you WHEN you're old enough!" Patsy says: "I HATE having to wait!" Diane Martin says: "Wait until you're older, and your body might start betraying you in OTHER ways!" Captain Retro says: "In any case, Power Rangers, you must go through the Time Rift first while I make sure it stays open and doesn't close in on you. Once I go in, we won't be able to go back until we've done what we've set out to do." BlackHawk says: "Understood! Let's go!" And the Power Rangers warp to where Devil's Tower used to be, close to the Open Time Rift! Omnus says: "Captain Retro, you know what YOU have to do, don't you?" Captain Retro sighs, and says: "Yes, and I know that I won't like it. While I function incognito as a human, I'll have to ensure the creation of RETRO music in the past! After all, without Retro music to inspire me in the future, what WOULD I do once I got back?! And, I'll ALSO have to make sure Dr. Maniac doesn't TRY to kill Radiguet, as unheroic as THAT seems!" Dash asks: "Are you REALLY going to do that?" Captain Retro says: "Of course I am! After all, I believe that no act of kindness, however small, is EVER wasted! Not even on someone like Radiguet!"/ The Power Rangers arrive to where Devil's Tower used to be! Usagi says: "I don't think I'll EVER get over Devil's Tower not being here!" Naruto says: "You said it!" Captain Retro arrives, and uses his Chronomancy powers to keep the Time Rift open! Captain Retro says: "All right, we have no time to do this fancy, so just do this fast!" BlackHawk says: "Right! No time like the present..." StarHawk says: "...Or the past!" Lettuce says: "Power Rangers, warp!!!!" And they jettison up into the Time Rift! After they all go in, Captain Retro sighs, and says: "Well, here goes SOMETHING!" And Captain Retro starts changing into impossibly tacky clothes from the late 1970's/early 1980's, but goes through the Time Rift before we can SEE the form he changes into! / Shiro says: "Well, it's all up to them now!" Dan says: "It STINKS that we can't help them out on this!" Samson says: "Trust me by experience, there is NOTHING those Power Rangers can't do once they put their minds to it!" Diane Martin says: "I hope you're right, Samson. I hope you're right." / To Be Continued...

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