TODAY ON POWER RANGERS . . . Mark celebrates his 14th birthday by doing a newsletter [You may cry for me, if you like]. Rita and Lord Zedd decide to give him a break and decide that he won't have to do a newsletter for that day. NOT! Anyway, Baboo is sent down, and gets lost. He finds his way to a spotlight, waiting for the ZyuRangers to come and rescue him. While he waits he sings "We Need A Hero". When Mark sees Baboo, will he have to leave his party at the Juice Bar to fight Baboo? NAH -- he's too busy looking at his new MMPR merchandise, which you guys will hear about in the all-new MMPR issue. WHAT DO WE HAVE TODAY? I Today On Power Rangers II What Do We Have Today? III The Online Welcome Mat IV Ask Max V Nobody's Purfict Guide VI You Can Quote Me On That VII Trivia Pursuit VIII Scoreboard IX Fun and Games X Did you know...? [WALTER JONES SIGHTING!] XI The Swimming Poll XII Hee ha! [Mark's Joke Column] XIII The Grand Prize XIV Quiz Show XV Standing In The Spotlight XVI. Nice To Meet You XVII Help, I need somebody! XVIII The Scoop On Suzie Q XVIV Toys R Us: Dangerous Bills Ahead. XVV ZyuRangers Kick Tushie (Part I)! XVVI MUSIC BOX: We Need A Hero XVVII Missing: MMPR Episode XVVIII Happy Birthday, Baby! XVVIV That's All Folks! THE ONLINE WELCOME MAT XxUGKxX, Necrom and miyake@hawaii.edu are stepping on my welcome mat and barging into the newsletter! Say hello and wipe your chin! (Can you tell it's late?) The online welcome mat still needs to be worn in! It looks too nice! If you know a MMPR fan, point him in the direction of my online welcome mat!!! ARE YOU SICK OF HEARING THIS MESSAGE? Then, get more members and it will disappear! ASK MAX Q "Why wasn't there a trivia question last time?" --various people A I had a trivia question but decided to use it for the SPOOKIEST NL issue so I took it off and forgot to replace it. Q "Wasn't there a show that was a type of "MMPR movie...the making of ...." I seem to remember that being aired right before the movie came out. Do you know where I could find a copy of it? You're a life saver !" --Maka7 A Peppomint??? Anyway, it aired about a week before the movie came out and it was called Secrets Revealed: The Making of MMPRTM. It was really good, especially for us newsletter members who couldn't wait for the movie. I have a copy but one of my VCR's is broken so I have to fix it. And, in case you wanted to know (Which I know you don't), it got *very* bad ratings. I guess the wrong people have the Neilsen boxes. NOBODY'S PURFICT GUIDE The NP poll is still preempted and I am still accepting mistakes from the shows....but, the first version of "Nobody's Purfict!" is COMPLETED! AOL people can get it from me NOW and I'm hoping I'll get it on the Internet soon (with help from Oshaun). I am done editing and it will be handed out to anyone on AOL who asks for it. BTW, I am also working on a Masked Rider episode guide. YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT Last week's first quote was "I've been wanting to do that for a long time." It was said by Tommy in "The Green Candle Part II". Actually, I think this is the second time I've done this quote but anyway, it was right after he shared a peck with Kim. KibaRanger, XUGKX, and Ami Ree got it right. No one got the second quote"What'd you go and do that for?" I'm going to use it for a new Quote 10 (You'll see why later). Today's quotes are: QUOTE 1- "This is not the way I wanted to spend my birthday!" QUOTE 10a- "What goes around comes around!" QUOTE 10b- "What'd you go and do that for?" TRIVIA PURSUIT Today's trivia is: What was Rita's birthday present to Zack? Who's birthday was supposedly on the same day as Zack's [according to one of the Rangers]? SCOREBOARD AmiRee: 1 point br550: 7 points c.mikoluff@genie.geis.com: 7 points Freakling: 2 points Herndons: 3 points Hoshiko466: 8 point jrovang: 1 point KibaRanger: 20 points Mesia13: 19 points MooTant: 4 points Patri56297: 2 points PinkRan943: 1 point sbolton@nbnet.nb.ca/Matt H.: 21 points sgraeff@ns.net: 1 point trek@ssnet.com: 1 point trouter@ix.netcom.com: 3 points t.shell@genie.geis.com: 1 point XSENTAIX: 3 points XUGKX: 6 points Now THAT'S a scoreboard! We're going to keep going until the next game comes. Then, the ten people with the highest scores will get to play! FUN AND GAMES Well, you have the first two magic letters. Now, it's time to get scrambled. Here's a letter which is not the third letter in the puzzle but it IS part of the puzzle. Unscramble this: AKTE FOF EHT RTISF INEFTFE ETRELTS FO HET PABEATLH DAN HET ATSL VIEF. KATE FOF HTE URFO NI ETH DILMED NAD KTEA FOF TEH NEO NO TEH FLTE. ETH AGIMENRIN ETRELT SI EHT NEO HWTI HTE CAIGM! DID YOU KNOW . . . ? --Some incredible changes are coming on Power Rangers and I heard about one of them. On the 30th, there will be a miniseries called "Changing of the Zords". It's where Kim loses her powers, transfers her powers, whatever. Kimberly is the star but Katherine and Tommy also have big parts. Thanks to "Mud Puppy" for this info. --MMPR: TM is going to come out on laser disk on 11/22/95 and will be selling for $29.98. THE SWIMMING POLL Here is an update on the polls... POLL 1- FAVE RANGER [From greatest # of points to lowest # of points.] Who is your favorite Ranger? 1. PINK RANGER - 13 points 2. BLUE RANGER and WHITE RANGER- 6 points 3. RED RANGER- 5 points 4. GREEN RANGER- 4 points 5. BLACK RANGER- 3 points 6. YELLOW RANGER- 2 points FAVE NON-RANGERS: Who is your favorite non-Ranger? 1. BULK & SKULL-15 points 2. JASON/TRINI/ZACK: 3 points 3. SABA and ZORDON- 2 points 4. ALPHA 5, DRAGONZORD, ERNIE, FINSTER, FROG ZORD, GOLDAR, LORD ZEDD, RICHIE/CURTIS, RITA, WHITE TIGERZORD, SABER-TOOTHED TIGER ZORD and TOR- 1 point POLL 2: WEIRDEST MERCHANDISE With Saban Entertainment getting all this cash, they have been making a lot of weird products? What do you think is the weirdest? Trini and Kimberly Dolls, The Gummy Rangers, Mac n Cheese, ALL OF IT, the Swiss Army Pencil Box, Parachuting Ranger, The Punching Bags, The McDonald zords, the MMPR fruit snacks, Mr. Caplan POG., Micro-Morphin Mini Playsets, Zordon Spin Fighter, Ranger Fruit Drinks and Granola Bars, Popcorn, 3' tall Ranger figures, MMPR oatmeal w/marshmallow lightning bolts, Rita Repulsa Nighlight, bathroom sets, Power Ranger nightlight, Red Ranger's motorcycle bedside lamp, MMPR talking bank, Power Ranger rings, paint set, 7-UP can, MMPR chicklets, Red Ranger Electric Toothbrush, The Pink Ranger makeup and lip gloss kit, White Ranger Blade blaster, MMPR fruit drinks, Girls Deluxe Fitness Set and the Red Ranger Cake Mold. Know what? I think the weirdest merchandise is the coolest. If anyone can get me some of this stuff, tell me!!! POLL 3- NOBODY'S PURFICT! If you're a new member, you've missed a lot of dumb mistakes. Because of o ld footage, MMPR goofs a lot on the script and stuff. Anything you noticed? I have just received A LOT of Nobody's Purfict. I'm going to run out if I use them all in one issue. I've written a guide called "Nobody's Purfict". You can get it by e-mailing me and asking. If you have Internet, it shall be posted on the newsgroup soon. POLL 4-FAVE MONSTER (In ABC Order) Which monster do you love to hate? 1. EVIL GREEN RANGER- 6 points 2. EVIL ALPHA, GNARLY GNOME, and SCORPINA- 2 points 3. BEAMCASTER, CHUNKY CHICKEN, EVIL BILLY, FANG, IVAN OOZE, MADAME WOE, MONDO THE MAGICIAN, MORDANT, NIMROD, OCTOPHANTOM, PUDGY PIG, PURSEHEAD, ROBOGOAT, SCORPINA, SERPENTERA, SNOWMAN. -1 point POLL 5-L.O.L. What do you think is the funniest MMPR episode? 1. THE WEDDING PART I/II- 5 points 2. BEST MAN FOR THE JOB and WILD WEST RANGERS- 4 points 3. ROCKY JUST WANTS TO HAVE FUN- 3 points 4. SWITCHING PLACES- 2 points 5. BLUE RANGER GONE BAD, DIFFERENT DRUM, FOUL PLAY IN THE SKY, MIGHTY MORPHIN MUTANTS, POWER RANGER PUNKS, RETURN OF THE GREEN RANGER, SOMETHING FISHY, STORYBOOK RANGERS- 1 point POLL 6-MUSIC BOX What is your fave song from Ron's album? FAVE MIGHTY RAW SONG: 1. WE NEED A HERO- 9 points 2. FIGHT- 7 points 3. 5-4-1 and ALL OF THEM!- 3 points 4. GO GO POWER RANGERS- 2 points 5. GO GREEN RANGER GO, I WILL WIN and TENGA BYE BYE- 1 point FAVE SOUNDTRACK SONG (In Order of Track): What is your fave song from the MMPRTM soundtrack: 1. CROSS MY LINE and KUNG FU' DANCIN'- 6 points 2. AYEYAIYAI (Alpha's Song) - 5 points 2. ARE YOU READY?, and DREAMS- 4 points 3. GO GO POWER RANGERS and SENSURROUND- 3 points 4. HIGHER GROUND and TROUBLE- 2 points 5. THE POWER, ALL OF THEM!- 1 point POLL 7-REPEAT SEASON If you could only see one episode you haven't seen, which would it be? And, if you have seen every episode, which do you wish would air again? 1. SWITCHING PLACES - 5 points 2. DAY OF THE DUMPSTER, DIFFERENT DRUM, GUNG HO!, THE GREEN CANDLE [PART I/PART II] HIGH FIVE, POWER RANGER PUNKS - 1 point POLL 8- BABEWATCH Which of Billy's girlfriends do you think Billy is best with? [Marge, Tamara, Laura or Violet?] 1. LAURA -- 3 points 2. MARGE -- 2 points 3. AISHA, TAMARA and VIOLET -- 1 point COME ON GUYS! VOTE FOR THIS ONE! We need more than 5 people's opinions! The Herndons are at each others throats about who is the best. So, is it: Marge [Peace, Love, and Woe] Laura [Opposites Attract and Goldar's Vice-Versa] Tamara [A Monster of Global Proportions] Violet [Blue Ranger Gone Bad] Aisha HEE HA! [Mark's Joke Column] What is sung on David Yost's birthday? Happy birthday to Blue. THE GRAND PRIZE You Gotta Read is the official MMPR newsletter theme song. Next, we're going to try and make an offline MMPRNL scrapbook. If you have a picture or can make a copy of a picture, please send it to me through snail mail. E-mail me for my address. QUIZ SHOW I'm going to send out the quiz through e-mail soon. The person with the best score will be the official winner!!! I'll send it tomorrow! STANDING IN THE SPOTLIGHT Today's spotlight is on Baboo. It comes from Darienn's FAQ guide: BABOO Though this simian's services are seldom used (and provided), Baboo is one-part of a two-way cheerleading team. However, besides being accompanied by Squatt in being subjected to consistent physical and verbal abuse, Baboo is also a mad scientist. His most notable work is the "Punk Potion" [from "Power Ranger Punks"] which was objectively to turn all five rangers into punks, however, only successful with Billy and Kimberly. The voice of Baboo is performed by David Mallow, a.k.a. Colin Phillips (also lending an extra voice in Saban's "V.R. Troopers" as Ballistix, Air Stryker and Toxoid.) Mallow is the man who does voices the previews for both Power Rangesr and VR Troopers. He can also be heard in commercials such as Coast Soap, BUd Ice, La Quinta Inns and others. He is the voice of Dow Scrubbing Bathroom Cleaner. Mallow was born in 1949. In ZYURANGER, Baboo's name was Tottopatto. NICE TO MEET YOU SCREEN NAME: jrovang@netcom.com REAL NAME: Joe Rovang BIRTHDATE: 7/21/79 CURRENT RESIDENCE: Georgia FAVE MMPR EPISODE(S): "The Potion Notion" FAVE MMPR QUOTE(S): "Celery?" --Adam in "The Potion Notion" HELP, I NEED SOMEBODY! --Please put Eddies111 on ignore. --If you haven't "signed" the Mighty Raw petition, PLEASE DO! Just e-mail me with your address and you'll be added to the list to be shown to Saban Entertainment. Hopefully, the list will help Mighty Raw get another album!!! THE SCOOP ON SUZIE Q Here's some info. S.J. gave me: Susie Q is the story of a girl who dies in a car crash back in 1957. Justin Whalin and his family moves to her house in 1995 and she returns as a ghost to ask for his help in solving a problem her family is facing. It is a very heart warming movie with lots of laughs. Both Justin and AJ did an incredible acting job on his project. TOYS R US: DANGEROUS BILLS AHEAD. So, what do I want for my birthday? Well, here's my birthday list [not really but it's a newsletter so work with me here . . . ] All from Ban Dai: *SUPER NINTENDO: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie MMPR: The Fighting Edition *GAME BOY: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie *8" MOVIE EDITION POWER RANGERS: All six *3" MOVIE EDITION COLLECTIBLE FIGURES: All six Ninjas and Rangers. *5 1/2" MOVIE EDITION POWER RANGERS: All six *5 1/2" MOVIE EDITION EVIL SPACE ALIENS: Tengu Warrior, Lord Zedd, Ivan Ooze, Mordant *DELUXE MOVIE SIZE EDITION: Hornitor, Ivan Ooze, Scorpitron *DELUXE FALCONZORD *MOVIE EDITION NINJA MEGAFALCONZORD: Does not connect with any others. *DELUXE NINJA MEGAZORD: Can combine with MegaFalconzord. Comes with all five zords. *MICRO MORPHIN PLAYSETS *3" COLLECTIBLE FIGURES: Rito Revolto, Master Vile, Lord Zedd, Silent Knight, Shogun Megafalconzord, Shogun Megazord, Ninja Megazord, Falconzord, Ninja Megafalconzord, Rocky, Aisha, Adam *NEW 5 1/2" AUTO MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: Aisha, Tommy, Rocky, Adam *5 1/2" ACTION FEATURE NINJA RANGERS: All six. *5 1/2" ACTION FEATURE EVIL SPACE ALIENS: Vampirus, Rito Revolto, Master Vile, Slotsky, Erik The Barbaric, Steamy Meanie *SHARK CYCLES. *DELUXE SIZE TALKING POWER RANGERS w/batteries included. *DELUXE SIZE TALKING LORD ZEDD w/batteries included *DELUXE SIZE EVIL SPACE ALIENS: Merrick The Barbaric, Calcifire, Master VIle, Silent Knight *DELUXE NINJOR *LORD ZEDD'S SERPENTERA *DELUXE NINJA MEGAZORD *DELUE FALCONZORD *THE RETURN OF TITANUS *DELUXE SHOGUN MEGAZORD *8" MOVIE EDITION POWER RANGERS --And, you say they make Power Ranger everything! Well, if it's not in HERE, maybe it doesn't exist! ZYURANGERS KICK TUSHIE (PART I)! I got most of this from Marc Miyake: Dinosaur Sentai ZyuRanger is the 19th Sentai show. The title is a pun on zoo and beast. It had 50 episodes. Characters and mecha: The Zoorangers: All the Zoorangers are members of Ancient Mankind, a race of humans evolved from dinosaurs 170 million years ago. They have speed and strength twice that of humans. They can use their life energies to transform into Zoorangers, multiplying their already superhuman abilities eightfold. Their base is an underground shrine for the five beast gods. (But note that mammoths and tigers, much less humanoids, did not exist on Earth 170 million years ago! Learn your science from sentai shows at your own risk.) Tyranno Ranger (Geki 'attack') Prince of Ancient Mankind's Yamato Kingdom. Protector Beast: Tyrannosaurus Weapon: Dragon Attack Sword (Ryuugekiken) Mammoth Ranger (Goushi) Knight of the Sharma Tribe. Protector Beast: Zoomammoth ('Juu' might be 'heavy' or 'beast') Weapon: Mothbreaker Tricera Ranger (Dan) Knight of the Etof tribe. Protector Beast: Triceratops Weapon: Triceralance Tiger Ranger (Boy) Knight of the Daim Tribe. Protector Beast: Saber Tiger Weapon: Saber Daggers Ptera Ranger (Mei) Princess of the Risha Tribe. Protector Beast: Pteranodon Weapon: Ptera Arrow Dragon Ranger (Burai 'villain') Elder brother of Geki. Protector Beast: Dragon Caesar Weapon: Beast Play Sword (Juusouken; 'play' as 'play a musical instrument) Originally envied his younger brother Prince Geki and thus was initially an enemy of the Zoorangers with his ambitions for world conquest. Had been sleeping in the Forest of the Norm faeries. With only so long left to live, he then fought on Geki's side. Geki later acquired his elder brother's chest armor and wore it as Tyranno Ranger. He also gained Burai's Juusouken. Five Protector Beasts > Dinotanker > Daijuujin (Great Beast God), armed with the Dinosaur Sword Godhorn and the Super Legend Thunder Light Cut technique. Dragon Caesar + Mammoth/Triceratops/Tiger > Gouryuujin (Strong Dragon God), armed with the Dragon Antler drill and the Dragon God Thrust technique. All these avatars combine into the Beast Emperor Great Beast God, which combines with King Brachion > King Tanker tank to form the Ultimate Great Beast God. Technically, none of these are mecha; rather, they are all avatars of the gods. The Zoorangers ride the Road Saurer 1 (Tyranno) and Side Saurers 2 (Mammoth/Tiger) and 3 (Tricera and Ptera) motorcycles. Each Zooranger is armed with a Ranger Stick/Gun/Sword. The sticks may be used together in the Babel (as in tower) Attack. Their individual weapons combine to form the Howling Cannon. MUSIC BOX: We Need A Hero With all these Mighty Raw songs, we need to know the lyrics. Today is "We Need A Hero". Next time, we'll hear "Combat." No, we cannot see Who are we to look to No, it cannot hear What is to believe in And we keep dreamin' of a world Where all that's good so we were told We need a hero And we keep dreamin' of a time Where good is all that we can find We need a . . . We need a . . . Hero No, we cannot tell Who's the one to lead us But you know that we'll be there Waiting for them to find us And we keep dreamin' of a world Where all that's good so we were told We need a hero And we keep dreamin' of a time Where good is all that we can find We need a . . . We need a . . . Hero Solo And we keep dreamin' of the world Where all that's good so we were told We need a hero And we keep dreamin' of a time Where good is all that we can find We need a hero And we keep dreamin' of a world Where all that's good so we were told We need a hero And we keep dreamin' of a time Where good is all that we can find We need a . . . We need a . . . Hero MISSING: MMPR EPISODE Monday: "A Ranger Catastrophe Part I" Tuesday: "A Ranger Catastrophe Part II" Wednesday: "A Friend In Need Part I" Thursday: "A Friend In Need Part II" Friday: "A Friend In Need Part III" Saturday: "A Brush With Destiny" MASKED RIDER - "License To Thrill" THIS WEEK ON MMPR Monday: "Doomsday Part I" Tuesday: "Doomsday Part II" Wednesday: "Itsy Bitsy Spider" Thursday: "Crystal of Nightmares" Friday: "Life's A Masquerade" Saturday: "Zedd's Monster Mash" MASKED RIDER- "Super Gold Part I" HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY! Guess whose birthday it is!!! MINE!!!! THAT'S ALL FOLKS On an old issue of MMPR: Stuff goes on. I hate having to read the whole back issue to find out how I'm going to work into a paragraph and half of you don't read the summary anyway, so give me a break and let me surprise you with the back issue. Kay? And, on an all-new issue that you're just *DYING* to have: Eerie things go on in the newsletter. Rita and Zedd are surprised to see the strange occurances too. The Rangers set out to find the cause but can only find Squatt. They continue looking, until they see some Halloween costumes, a mystery, and some spooky stuff (Can you tell I have no idea what I'm going to do?) On their way, they stop to get candee, only to learn they have to do COMBAT with ghosts! Can they defeat the deceased? Find out on this all-new issue that's anything but *DEAD*. Ha ha ha! I'll end the newsletter with some advice: "If you're not dressing up as a Power Ranger, why dress up???" --Mm__).