Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (season 3)

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers season 3
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	33
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox Kids
Original run	September 2, 1995 – November 27, 1995
Season chronology
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Season three of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, an American television series created by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, began airing September 2, 1995 on Fox Kids. The series follows six teenagers chosen by the wise sage Zordon to become "Power Rangers" in order to stop the evil Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd from taking over the planet Earth. The third season comprises 33 episodes and concluded its initial airing November 27, 1995. The third season of MMPR uses footage and elements from the Super Sentai series Ninja Sentai Kakuranger. Regular cast members during season three include Amy Jo Johnson, David Yost, Johnny Yong Bosch, Karan Ashley, Steve Cardenas, Jason David Frank, Jason Narvy, and Paul Schrier. Johnson is later replaced by Catherine Sutherland as a new character, but taking on Johnson's character's color and powers.

Season three picks up directly where season two left off, with the Rangers facing off against the evil team of Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd. The season premier features a crossover between the Power Rangers and Masked Rider. This season introduces Rito Revolto, Rita's brother, who aids Zedd and Rita in destroying the Rangers' ThunderZords, causing the Rangers to search and obtain Ninja Powers from, Ninjor, the original creator of the Power Coins. Katherine Hillard (Sutherland), originally under a spell cast by Rita, becomes a new friend of the Rangers and the new Pink Ranger, as Kimberly (Johnson) decides to move to Florida with a professional gymnastics coach to train for the Pan Global Games. Bulk and Skull (Schrier and Narvy) give up their search to find the Power Rangers' identities in order to become police officers. The season ends the series and the story continues in the sequel series Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers.

Episodes

№	#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original U.S. air date
113	1	"A Friend in Need, Part I"	Worth Keeter	Shuki Levy & Shell Danielson	September 2, 1995 (1995-09-02)
Alpha's birthplanet Edenoi is under attack by a spaceship under command of Count Dregon, thus the Power Rangers (minus Kimberly who has the flu) teleport to Edenoi to find out what's going on. Meanwhile Lord Zedd and Rita make a plan to invade planet Earth. Note: This episode aired three months after the premiere of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, but the film takes place before the four part episode Ninja Quest, in that four-part episode they get their Ninja Powers, but the Power Rangers movie shows another way of how the Power Rangers got their Ninja Powers. The movie has been confirmed to not have been apart of the official storyline canon.
114	2	"A Friend in Need, Part II"	Worth Keeter	Shuki Levy & Shell Danielson	September 9, 1995 (1995-09-09)
The Power Rangers meet up with the inhabitants of planet Edenoi and their prince Dex. Dex is also known as the Masked Rider. Dex tells the Power Rangers about the crystals that give special powers to the inhabitants and the history of why Count Dregon is attacking the planet. Meanwhile Kimberly, while still being ill, is fighting Repellator, a monster from Zedd, on planet Earth.
115	3	"A Friend in Need, Part III"	Worth Keeter	Shuki Levy & Shell Danielson	September 9, 1995 (1995-09-09)
On Planet Edenoi, the Power Rangers and Masked Rider fight with the minions of Count Dregon. Meanwhile, Kimberly has infected Repellator with the flu, thus the monster has to retreat in order to get an antidote. After helping the Masked Rider defeat Dregon's forces, the Power Rangers return to Earth to reunite with the Pink Ranger, summon the Thunderzords, and destroy Repellator. However, the Rangers are unaware that Count Dregon had followed them back to Earth. The episode ends with King Lexion telling Dex to defend Earth against Count Dregon.
116	4	"Ninja Quest, Part I"	Terence H. Winkless	Shuki Levy & Shell Danielson	September 11, 1995 (1995-09-11)
Rito Revolto, the brother of Rita, pays a visit to Lord Zedd and Rita and plants some eggs nearby. After that, Rito teleports to the planet Earth and lures the Power Rangers into a trap. Just when the Power Rangers think they get to destroy Rito, Rito gets help from four other monsters made by Lord Zedd. The Power Rangers are totally outclassed and ultimately, the Thunder Megazord and Tigerzord get destroyed.
117	5	"Ninja Quest, Part II"	Terence H. Winkless	Shuki Levy & Shell Danielson	September 12, 1995 (1995-09-12)
Lord Zedd, Rita and Rito are having a party because the Power Rangers are finally destroyed. Meanwhile, the eggs Rito planted are opening up, revealing Tenga Warriors. On planet Earth, Zordon sends the Power Rangers to the desert of despair to find Ninjor, the original creator of the Power Coins. While traveling through the desert of despair, Zedd finds out and sends the Tenga Warriors to fight them. The Power Rangers are no match for the Tenga Warriors and narrowly escape as the episode ends.
118	6	"Ninja Quest, Part III"	Terence H. Winkless	Shuki Levy & Shell Danielson	September 13, 1995 (1995-09-13)
The episode opens with the Power Rangers walking through some hidden valley, entering a temple, and meeting Ninjor. Ninjor gives the Power Rangers Ninja Powers and new Ninja Zords. With their new powers, the Power Rangers easily beat the Tenga Warriors. The episode ends with the Vampirus egg starting to hatch.
119	7	"Ninja Quest, Part IV"	Terence H. Winkless	Shuki Levy & Shell Danielson	September 14, 1995 (1995-09-14)
The episode opens with the Power Rangers calling their Ninja Zords in order to fight Rito. Rito is putting up quite an even match until the zords combine into the Megazord and easily destroy Rito. Meanwhile in the desert of despair, another egg opens up, giving birth to another monster of Rito's. This monster attacks Ninjor, but is heavily outclassed by the powers of Ninjor. Ninjor transforms using his Ninja Powers and, together with the Megazord, destroy the evil monster ending the episode.
120	8	"A Brush with Destiny"	Terence H. Winkless	Gilles Wheeler	September 18, 1995 (1995-09-18)
Kimberly has been having nightmares about moving to Paris. Meanwhile, Finster creates a device that lets Rita and Zedd see the dreams of others, including Kimberly's nightmare, Zedd creates a plan by making Artistmole, the monster in Kimberly's nightmare, real to destroy the Earth as well as the Rangers. The Rangers ask help from Ninjor, but are drained of their powers. Kimberly has to face her fears in order to destroy the Artistmole and save her friends.
121	9	"Passing the Lantern"	Armand Garabidian	Kati Rocky	September 19, 1995 (1995-09-19)
Adam receives a special gift: a paper lantern. Then, Billy and Adam learn of the lantern's powers. But, Lord Zedd has plans of his own when he sends Rito to steal the lantern
122	10	"Wizard for a Day"	Armand Garabidian	Mark Hoffmeier	September 20, 1995 (1995-09-20)
Rocky switches places with his teacher Mr. Wilton. Meanwhile, Rita and Lord Zedd decide to give Rito the day to destroy the Power Rangers. Back on Earth, Mr. Wilton is having flash backs of his childhood when Rocky teaches the class. Back on the moon, Rito is having trouble deciding how to destroy the Power Rangers, until he sends Tengas to attack Rocky. While Rocky deals with the Tengas, they capture Mr. Wilton. Just as the other Rangers appear to help, Rito arrives with Zedd's staff planning to turn the Rangers into monsters, but accidentally transforms Mr. Wilton into Marvo the Meanie, who begins to change everyone into liquid, including five of the Rangers. Eventually Alpha and Rocky changes the Rangers back and destroy Marvo the Meanie, which saves Mr. Wilton.
123	11	"Fourth Down and Long"	Armand Garabidian	Mark Litton	September 23, 1995 (1995-09-23)
Rocky's uncle, who happens to be a star quarterback, is coming to visit. On the moon, Finster accidentally creates Centiback, a monster that has the power to transform anyone into a football. After all but Rocky get turned into a football, he and Ninjor go to fight the Centiback monster and save the other Rangers.
124	12	"Stop the Hate Master, Part I"	Bob Radler	Stewart St. John	September 25, 1995 (1995-09-25)
Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa create the evil Hate Master. The Hate Master is sent to spread hate everywhere. Meanwhile, the kids are attacked by Tengas and the Hate Master places the Rangers under his spell, all but Aisha.
125	13	"Stop the Hate Master, Part II"	Bob Radler	Stewart St. John	September 26, 1995 (1995-09-26)
Aisha tries to break Hate Master's hold on her friends, but is unsuccessful. Alpha and Aisha discover that the necklace that her Grandmother gave her the will to save her friends from the Hate Master's spell. Once the rangers are freed, they morph into action and destroy the Hate Master. Afterwards, they apologise for the things they said whilst under the Hate Master's spell.
126	14	"Final Face-Off"	Armand Garabidian	Douglas Sloan	October 2, 1995 (1995-10-02)
All but Kimberly go to the museum and learn about the face-stealing monster that piques Rita's interest. While the Rangers are kept busy, Squatt, Baboo, and Rito steal that which contains the monster and keeps it bound so it can't harm anyone. To the Rangers' horror, Rita releases it and sends it to Earth. Aisha's and Adam's faces are stolen in battle; it takes a few things from the museum to defeat it, but is there any way to restore Aisha, Adam, and countless others who have lost their faces?
127	15	"The Potion Notion"	Bob Radler	Jackie Marchand	October 9, 1995 (1995-10-09)
Love is in the air and in the universe when Zedd surprises Rita with a second honeymoon. Then, Rito sends Miss Chief with a love potion to Angel Grove where things get really strange.
128	16	"A Ranger Catastrophe, Part I"	Douglas Sloan	Douglas Sloan	October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16)
Kimberly and Aisha find a stray cat which leaves Rita purring with delight. Then, Rito is sent to the animal shelter where Aisha volunteers. Summoning their ninja powers, the Rangers must face off with Rito and the Tengas as Aisha's stray cat watches from the window. But, this is no ordinary cat as our heroes begin to understand.
129	17	"A Ranger Catastrophe, Part II"	Douglas Sloan	Douglas Sloan	October 17, 1995 (1995-10-17)
The cat is revealed to be a new girl to Angel Grove, Katherine, but unfortunately for the rangers, she is in alliance with Lord Zedd and Queen Rita. Katherine tricks Tommy into helping her fix her car then rewards him with a free drive, but this was all a part of Rita's plan, because Tommy and Kat end up in another dimension. Kat is retrieved by Rita but Tommy is left to fight both Rito Revolto and Goldar. The other rangers try to help bring Tommy back home, but are stopped by a Kat monster, which is really Katherine. The rangers defeat the Kat monster and free Tommy, and are surprised to see a scared Kat sitting there. The teenagers all welcome Kat and all think she is a great girl, little do they know...
130	18	"Changing of the Zords, Part I"	Jonathan Tzachor	Stewart St. John	October 31, 1995 (1995-10-31)
Using a spell, Rita orders Katherine, a good friend of Kimberly, to steal Kim's power coin. While the Tenga warriors distract the Power Rangers, Katherine steals Kim's power coin and brings it to Rita. Kimberly is immediately effected and slowly loses her powers (the power coins are connected to their natural human energy). Tommy and Ninjor team up to take on Goldar. Tommy uses his Falcon Zord, but gets taken out by Katherine who steals the Falcon Zord. Because Tommy lost Falcon Zord, Ninjor also gets captured by Zedd.
131	19	"Changing of the Zords, Part II"	Jonathan Tzachor	Stewart St. John	November 1, 1995 (1995-11-01)
The episode starts with Kimberly still losing her powers and ultimately, passing out. The other Power Rangers move to Angel Grove park to fight Incisorator which is sent by Zedd. Meanwhile the Tenga warriors attack Katherine in order to lure Kimberly into battle. Somehow Kimberly wakes up, and teleports to Katherine to fight off the Tenga Warriors. Kimberly is no match for the Tenga Warriors and gets beaten easily while Katherine watches. Goldar shows up and teleports Kimberly to Lord Zedd. Zordon agrees to teleport Lord Zedd to the Command Center to talk about his demands. Zedd gives the Power Rangers two options: Pilot his new evil Zords or Kimberly dies. The Power Rangers are thinking what to answer as the episode ends.
132	20	"Changing of the Zords, Part III"	Jonathan Tzachor	Stewart St. John	November 2, 1995 (1995-11-02)
Tommy agrees to pilot Lord Zedd's evil Shogun Zords. Lord Zedd teleports back to the moon and is having a party with Rita and Rito. Using the globe, Billy locates the whereabouts of Kimberly. Tommy, using the teleport device from season one, teleports to the dark dimension. Tommy finds Kimberly but gets intercepted by Lord Zedd. Meanwhile, Rita sends the evil Shogun Zords to planet Earth to be piloted by the Power Rangers. Billy however finds a way to override the controls using the power coins. In the dark dimension, Tommy finally beats Lord Zedd, rescues Kimberly and teleports back to planet Earth. Tommy teams up with the other Shogun Zords and beat See Monster. The episode ends with Kimberly losing her Power Rangers power thus Tommy sharing his powers so Kimberly can still be one.
133	21	"Follow That Cab!"	Terence H. Winkless	Shuki Levy & Shell Danielson	November 4, 1995 (1995-11-04)
A crime is committed in broad daylight so Bulk, Skull, and Kimberly take a cab to follow the culprit. But, Lord Zedd makes a few changes and our heroes get the news from Zordon. At the Command Center, the Power Rangers are presented with all new Shark Cycles.
134	22	"A Different Shade of Pink, Part I"	Bob Radler	Doulgas Sloan	November 6, 1995 (1995-11-06)
Kimberly meets up with Gunther Schmidt, an international gymnast trainer. Gunther offers Kimberly to coach her for the Pan Globals. Because of this, Kimberly no longer has time to fulfill her duties as a Power Ranger. Rita and Zedd launch multiple attacks on planet Earth, requiring the Power Rangers to split up and take them on. The Power Rangers are beaten and Kimberly has to give up her training to help her team members fight off the evil monsters. Meanwhile, Katherine is slowly losing the spell cast by Rita, feeling sympathy for Kimberly. The episode ends with Kimberly training all night and day, eventually passing out from exhaustion.
135	23	"A Different Shade of Pink, Part II"	Bob Radler	Douglas Sloan	November 7, 1995 (1995-11-07)
The episode starts with Kimberly being escorted into the hospital. The Power Rangers pay a visit, but have to leave in order to fight the Tenga Warriors and Rito. While the Rangers are away, Katherine tells Kimberly about the spell Rita cast on her. Meanwhile, Finster comes with a new monster called Garbage Mouth. Garbage Mouth tries to capture Katherine, but is stopped in his tracks by the Power Rangers. The episode ends with Rita showing up, and giving the Power Rangers a choice; turn in Katherine or Ninjor will be destroyed.
136	24	"A Different Shade of Pink, Part III"	Bob Radler	Douglas Sloan	November 8, 1995 (1995-11-08)
In this episode, Katherine decides to exchange herself in order to free Ninjor. Rita however tricks the Power Rangers and they lose Katherine to Rita. Katherine gets put into a prison with Rito being the guard. She gives Rito a back massage and meanwhile steals the key while Rito falls asleep. Katherine finds the pink power coin (which became lost in the midst of "Changing of the Zords"), teleports back to the Command Center, and gives the coin back to Kimberly. Kimberly gets her confidence back, trains for the gymnastic tournament, and finally wins this tournament. Gunther Schmidt offers Kimberly to move to his facility in Florida to compete for the Pan Global games. The episode ends with Kimberly giving her pink power coin to Katherine.
137	25	"Rita's Pita"	Terence H. Winkless	Jackie Marchand	November 11, 1995 (1995-11-11)
Tommy preaches the importance of eating right to one of his students who doesn't have healthy eating habits. This inspires Rita to get the Ravenator to go inside Tommy and make him want nothing but junk food. Tommy's ravenous appetite makes him stuff his face nonstop; Kat discovers what's going on and informs the other Rangers. How will the Rangers destroy a monster that's inside Tommy's stomach without harming him as well?
138	26	"Another Brick in the Wall"	Terence H. Winkless	Mark Hoffmeier	November 13, 1995 (1995-11-13)
Katherine comes up with a plan to clean up an old lot and she recruits her friends to help her construct a new homeless shelter on the weekend. However, Rita Repulsa is still angry that Katherine is no longer under her spell and turned out to be a "goody-goody" Power Ranger. With the help of her brother Rito Revolto, the resulting battle causes the ruin of Katherine's day of work building the shelter. Before they can repair it, four of the Rangers are soon entrapped by Rita's newest monster, the Brick Bully, but Katherine helps release them with the aid of Alpha 5. Billy manages to single-handedly destroy the new monster and after the battle, the teens are able to repair the shelter in time. In the finale, the Mayor of Angel Grove presents Katherine with an Outstanding Achievement Award for her work on the housing project.
139	27	"A Chimp in Charge"	Terence H. Winkless	Douglas Sloan	November 18, 1995 (1995-11-18)
Katherine and Aisha help teach a monkey, Kelly, to communicate with sign language for a school assignment. However, Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd turn the monkey into the Sinister Simian monster to lure the Power Rangers out to fight it. Now, the Rangers have to find a way to defeat the monkey monster without harming it and return the monkey back to normal.
140	28	"Master Vile and the Metallic Armor, Part I"	Bob Radler	Mark Litton	November 20, 1995 (1995-11-20)
The Earth shakes and so does Rita and Zedd's palace with the arrival of one very evil visitor, Rita & Rito's father Master Vile. Now, they must unravel the mystery of his plan and prepare for their biggest battle yet.
141	29	"Master Vile and the Metallic Armor, Part II"	Bob Radler	Mark Litton	November 21, 1995 (1995-11-21)
Tommy and Kat volunteer to go to the Moon to face Zedd and Rita to get the Falcon Zord and Zeo Crystal (a powerful crystal used for the forces of good) back. Kat takes a huge risk, and says she wants to be evil again to give Tommy a chance to search the Moon for the Crystal and Zord. Kat steps into a machine that will make her totally evil but this time she won't break free but if Tommy finds the crystal, it will save her life, but will he find it and the Falcon Zord in time. Meanwhile, the other rangers are fighting off Master Ville's monster, Blue Globber, who has absorbed Ninjor's powers and using them against the rangers, but with every attack the rangers make towards the monster, it hurts Ninjor also, will the Power Rangers keep fighting to save the earth or give up to save Ninjor's life?
142	30	"Master Vile and the Metallic Armor, Part III"	Bob Radler	Mark Litton	November 22, 1995 (1995-11-22)
The Blue Globber absorbs most of the Shogun-Zords and Ninja Zords power and most of the Power Rangers individual energy. After that Master Ville sends the Zords to another dimension and the Rangers go to get them back. Once the rangers successfully get their Zords back, they have another fight with Globber, still harming Ninjor in the process, but when Alpha discovers that sunlight is empowering Globber also, he disrupts the eclipse in the sky which weakens Globber but strengthens Ninjor and he joins in the fight. Will the rangers beat the next horrible monster of Zedd and Rita? Will Ninjor and the rangers stand a chance?
143	31	"I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger"	Douglas Sloan	Ron Milbauer & Terri Hughes	November 23, 1995 (1995-11-23)
On Christmas Eve, Zedd and Rita send their troops to the North Pole to capture Santa Claus and his elves, thus preventing Santa from delivering his Christmas presents. Meanwhile, Kimberly misses her parents, who won't be able to go come for Christmas. The rangers go to the rescue, but realize they can't use their morphers to fight Rito, Goldar, and the tengas. After easily tying Goldar, Rito, and the tengas are tied with a red ribbon, Santa Claus sends them as a present to Zedd and Rita. Zedd and Rita are angry. Meanwhile, the Rangers go back home - before they do, however, Santa gives them a bag of gifts to take back to Angel Grove to give to the kids at Ernie's Juice Bar, where Kimberly and a group of children are going to be singing Christmas songs. Throughout the episode, there is a girl who is in the singing group, who is not to eager about this because her father won't be there to see it, all she wants to do is be with him, so she tells him and makes friends with Kimberly. The girl's father show's up, and Kimberly's parents come for Christmas. Meanwhile, Zedd and Rita, Goldar, Rito, and the others are enjoying Christmas, and Rito gives a present to Goldar and says Goldar is Rito's best friend. In the end, Kimberly, the rangers, Bulk and Skull, who had earlier told the girl that if they saw Santa they'd tell him to have her father come, Kimberly's parents, the music group, and most of the people at Ernie's Juice Bar sing together. Special Guest Star: Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Hart, the original pink ranger. Note: Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Hart returns for this episode, which aired before, The Potion Notion, persides the airdate for this episode being November 23, 1995, it really appeared on TV before Potion Notion.
144	32	"The Sound of Dischordia"	Marco Garibaldi	Stewart St. John	November 25, 1995 (1995-11-25)
Aisha and Katherine write a song for school. And, Master Vile has a song too, when he calls upon the evil Dischordia, who casts a spell on the girls to change their tune.
145	33	"Rangers in Reverse"	Marco Garibaldi	Douglas Sloan	November 27, 1995 (1995-11-27)
Tommy, Rocky, Adam, Billy, and Aisha are at the Juice Bar, planning a surprise birthday trip to the Carnival for Kat. While the Rangers celebrate her birthday, Master Vile brought forth the Orb of Doom from beneath the Earth's surface. Immediately, Alpha 5 senses trouble, and Zordon calls the Rangers. He warns them about the effects of the Orb of Doom if it is secured by the villains. The Rangers morph and split into two groups; Tommy, Rocky, and Kat face Rito and one group of Tengas, while Adam, Billy, and Aisha face another. The latter group is forced to use their Metallic Armor power-up to defeat the Tengas. (This was the last appearance of the Metallic Armor on Power Rangers, and was the only time individual changing sequences were seen for each Ranger.) While the Rangers are occupied with the Tengas, Rito secures the Orb of Doom. Tommy attempts to destroy it but cannot penetrate it's energy field. Rito activates the Orb, which reverses time on Earth and turns everyone in the near vicinity (the Rangers plus Bulk, Skull, Lt. Stone, and everyone else at the Carnival) into children. Rita, Rito, Lord Zedd, and Goldar then make themselves grow (the only time Rita and Zedd themselves actually grow) and attack. The Ranger children (who still remember being Rangers, unlike when Lord Zedd reversed time) attempt to morph, but their powers do not work with them as children. The episode ends (as does the entire series, with Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers following) with the Rangers powerless to stop the large villains.

Notes

External links

• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on the Internet Movie Database
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers at TV.com