XII. Episode Summaries


Episode 1
Day Of The Dino: Part 1

Aired: 02/14/04
Writer: Douglas Sloan
Director: Charlie Haskell
Tommy Oliver fights legions of mysterious beings as he flees an island, which eventually sinks beneath the sea.


Episode 2
Day Of The Dino: Part 2

Aired: 02/14/04
Writer: Ann Austen
Director: Charlie Haskell
With Kira, a hostage of the mysterious Mesogog, Ethan & Conner demands that Doctor Oliver provide them with answers.


Episode 3
Wave Goodbye

Aired: 02/21/04
Writer: Douglas Sloan
Director: Charlie Haskell
Conner’s ambition to become Reefside High’s top soccer player is put in jeopardy by his Power Ranger duties.


Episode 4
Legacy Of Power

Aired: 02/28/04
Writer: Ann Austen
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Held captive by Mesogog, Tommy’s’ fate lies in his students uncovering his history as a Power Ranger in a series of video archives detailing the history of the various teams.

Note: This episode marked the 500th Episode of Power Rangers.


Episode 5
Back In Black

Aired: 03/06/04
Writer: Ann Austen
Director: Andrew Merrifield
The Dino Rangers uncover an invisiportal leading directly to Mesogogs’ lair. They break into the lab and rescue Tommy just as Mesogog is about to tap into the energies of the Black Dino Gem.


Episode 6
Diva In Distress

Aired: 03/13/04
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Andrew Merrifield
An old friend of Kira’s, a successful singing artist, returns to Reefside. Snobbish and spoiled by fame and her own beauty, the singer receives a shock when she is turned into an old, decayed woman by the monstrous Donkeyvac.


Episode 7
Game On

Aired: 03/20/04
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Ethan, Kira, Devon & Cassidy all become trapped within the video game realm after falling victim to Mesogog’s new Demagnetron monster.


Episode 8
Golden Boy

Aired: 03/27/04
Writer: Ann Austen
Director: Paul Grinder
Zeltrax uses his own DNA to create a young warrior he names Goldenrod.


Episode 9
Beneath The Surface

Aired: 04/03/04
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Paul Grinder
Elsa uses her guise of Principle Randall to intervene with the Dino Rangers efforts to place the Dimetrozord under their control and turns it against them.


Episode 10
Ocean Alert

Aired: 04/10/04
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: Paul Grinder
Mesogog captures the beautiful model and actress Nikki Valentina to use for his latest monster.


Episode 11
White Thunder: Part 1

Aired: 04/17/04
Writer: Douglas Sloan
Director: Charlie Haskell
Trent stumbles on to an invisiportal in Anton’s office and falls victim to the power of the White Dino Gem, corrupting him and turning him into the formidable White Dino Ranger.


Episode 12
White Thunder: Part 2

Aired: 04/24/04
Writer: Douglas Sloan & Jackie Marchand
Director: Charlie Haskell
The Dino Rangers uncover a new Dinozord, but the White Ranger is able to steal a Dino Egg containing another.


Episode 13
White Thunder: Part 3

Aired: 05/01/04
Writer: Douglas Sloan & Jackie Marchand
Director: Charlie Haskell
The White Ranger seizes control of the Stegozord and combines it with the new Dragozord.


Episode 14
Truth And Consequences

Aired: 05/08/04
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Trent continues to battle the Dino Rangers & Mesogog, but when he nearly kills Kira, he recognizes her and tells her the truth about him.


Episode 15
Leader Of The Whack

Aired: 05/15/04
Writer: John Tellegen
Director: Andrew Merrifield
A meteor alters the personalities of not just Mesogog’s forces, but also the Dino Rangers.


Episode 16
Burning At Both Ends

Aired: 05/22/04
Writer: Ann Austen
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Trent is corrupted entirely by the White Dino Gem, and he uses Kira’s trust in him to lure the Dino Rangers into a trap.


Episode 17
The Missing Bone

Aired: 05/22/04
Writer: Douglas Sloan
Director: Paul Grinder
One of Tommy & Mercer’s older experiments resurfaces and seizes control of Kira.


Episode 18
Bully For Ethan

Aired: 06/12/04
Writer: Ann Austen
Director: Paul Grinder
While practicing for soccer, the school bully kicks the soccer ball, which ends up in Ethan’s path, and knocks his laptop out of his hand. Ethan is angry and starts insulting the bully, who arranges for a fight to be held.


Episode 19
Lost & Found In Translation

Aired: 06/13/04
Writer: Steve Slavkin
Director: Paul Grinder
Conner, Ethan & Kira are astounded to discover that Japan has produced a television series based on the Dino Rangers.


Episode 20
It’s A Mad Mad Mackerel

Aired: 06/19/04
Writer: Mark Hoffmeier
Director: Paul Grinder
Kira gains the position of an assistant on a popular children’s series, but its mascot is captured and transformed into the Mad Mackerel.


Episode 21
Copy That

Aired: 07/10/04
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Douglas Sloan
Zeltrax tries to frame the White Dino Ranger by using his Copyotter to copy his weapon and frame him into destroying Mesogog’s Lab.


Episode 22
Triassic Triumph

Aired: 07/17/04
Writer: Ann Austen
Director: Douglas Sloan
Zeltrax creates a new monster from the White Ranger Clone’s DNA, White Terrorsaurus. Unable to defeat White Terrorsaurus and the White Ranger, the Dino Rangers must uncover a legendary shield.


Episode 23
A Star Is Torn

Aired: 07/24/04
Writer: Douglas Sloan
Director: Douglas Sloan
Kira gains a record deal, but is there more to this than simply getting a major break?


Episode 24
A Ranger Exclusive

Aired: 07/31/04
Writer: Douglas Sloan
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Cassidy auditions for the position of a television reporter, whilst Mesogog hatches an insane scheme to destroy Jupiter and disrupt Earth’s magnetic field.


Episode 25
Tutenhawken’s Curse

Aired: 08/07/04
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Ethan accidentally reads a prophetic message of doom left behind by the ancient Egyptian monster Tutenhawken, who awakens as Ethan begins to suffer a series of misdemeanors.


Episode 26
Disappearing Act

Aired: 08/21/04
Writer: Ann Austen
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Tommy finally uncovers a means of demorphing, but the consequences render him permanently cloaked in invisibility. Meanwhile, Ethan & Cassidy go on their first date.


Episode 27
Fighting Spirit

Aired: 08/28/04
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Paul Grinder
Hayley attempts another means of restoring Tommy to his original, and visible form, but during the operation the Black Dino Gem malfunctions the equipment and shatters into three halves, leaving Tommy in a coma.


Episode 28
The Passion Of Connor

Aired: 09/05/04
Writer: Ann Austen
Director: Paul Grinder
Conner pretends to care about a preservationists crusade to protect a tree from being demolished, with both unaware that the tree carries water from a Fountain Of Youth. Zeltrax transforms this tree into a monster and feeds off its energy, gaining a new form and terrifying powers.


Episode 29
Isn’t It Lava-ly

Aired: 09/18/04
Writer: Bruce Kalish
Director: Paul Grinder
Elsa captures Reefside’s leading volcano authority and transforms him into a monster that will willingly locate and trigger the dormant volcano outside the city.


Episode 30
Strange Relations

Aired: 09/25/04
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Charlie Haskell
The White Ranger Clone discovers to his horror that the existence of two White Rangers is causing a disruption within the Morphin’ Grid, and only one of the two must exist.


Episode 31
Thunder Storm: Part 1

Aired: 10/02/04
Writer: Douglas Sloan
Director: Charlie Haskell
Lothor escapes from The Abyss Of Evil and promptly traps and turns the three Wind Ninja Rangers against their allies with the aid of special morphers that restore their powers, but bend them to his will.


Episode 32
Thunder Storm: Part 2

Aired: 10/09/04
Writer: Douglas Sloan
Director: Charlie Haskell
With the Wind Rangers still under Lothor’s control, Mesogog allies himself with him and they combine their forces. Meanwhile, Cam, Hunter & Blake venture to The Abyss Of Evil itself to retrieve the Samurai Amulet. When the Wind Rangers are freed from their enslavement by their friends, all eleven Power Rangers battle Mesogog & Lothor’s armies.


Episode 33
In Your Dreams

Aired: 10/16/04
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Britta Johnstone
Deciding that the Power Rangers are completely vulnerable in their sleep, Elsa decides to send monsters into the dreams of each Power Ranger.


Episode 34
Drawn Into Danger

Aired: 10/23/04
Writer: Jackie Marchand
Director: Britta Johnstone
One of Trent’s idols, the renowned comic artist Carson Brady is given a new pen by Elsa, but when he uses it to illustrate a new comic, he traps the Dino Rangers in another dimension against an invincible monster.


Episode 35
House Of Cards

Aired: 10/30/04
Writer: Douglas Sloan
Director: Britta Johnstone
Ethan’s prized Ruby Dragon Card that he uses to win the card game “Dragon Wars” is confiscated by Principal Randal. Tommy’s efforts to regain the card ultimately lead to him discovering Randal’s true identity.


Episode 36
A Test Of Trust

Aired: 11/06/04
Writer: Ann Austen
Director: Britta Johnstone
Discovering that Trent has hid the secret of Mesogog from them, the Dino Rangers discuss whenever or not he can be trusted.


Episode 37
Thunder Struck: Part 1

Aired: 11/13/04
Writer: Douglas Sloan
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Mesogog prepares the final stages of his scheme to restore the planet to the age of the dinosaurs and unleashes a cannon that will transform all human life into the species.


Episode 38
Thunder Struck: Part 2

Aired: 11/20/04
Writer: Ann Austen
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Zeltrax captures Elsa and destroys the Dino Lab before unveiling his powerful Zelzord. Tommy ventures into the Zelzord to confront Zeltrax, ultimately defeating him, but the destruction of the maverick Zelzord itself is only the tip of the iceberg.