Time Is Reversed

On the moon, Master Vile continues his magical spellcasting, "Give me the strength, the power, and the might. And people of Earth, goodnight!" The Orb Of Doom gleams with another surge of power, this time dropping a small bit of energy against the gravel around it, causing a massive fireball explosion. It actually appears that the Orb imploded in on itself, for this last act of terrorism against the flow of Earthen time. The fires turn into a thick puff of smoke, which rises into the air. Suddenly (reusing footage from RBiT1), the planet Earth ceases rotating counterclockwise, and slowly grinds to a halt. Citizens riding the Happy Go Pukey in Angel Grove are wowed by the events occurring in the sky. The spinning chairs suddenly freeze in place, as if shut down by forces unseen. The Centripetal Force Pods also stop movement in midswing, all the people inside of them reluctant prisoners. The Ferris Wheel shuts down, leaving the occupants baffled. The Earth finally stands still, with the whole globe appearing from an outer space view, gleaming with bluish white energies. The atmosphere obviously tainted with the effects of the orb's spell, and the planet actually resembling the Orb Of Doom somewhat! Master Vile concludes his spellbinding ceremony, proclaiming, "Ultimate power, exert your force! Divert the Earth's natural course!" The squall of energies dissipate from the planet, like yanking a string off a yo-yo. The world begins to slowly rotate again, though this time in a clockwise direction, opposite of how it was going before.

At the Angel Grove Carnival, Bulk & Skull stop at an Ice Cream Stand. They discuss with the vendor what they want. Suddenly, the time reversal spell takes precedence. Every person in the area, all teenagers or adults, have their physical forms washed away in a splash of orange energy. This leaves each and every one of them as children! The ice cream vendor, everybody. What's oddest, is that their clothes all shrunk to fit their younger (ages circa 7 to 10) bodies. Bulk & Skull, now back in their kid forms as we saw in RBiT, have tiny Junior Police Patrol uniforms on! All effected by this wave of youth switch their attention to their changed bodies, concurrent with their changes of minds. Everyone BELIEVES they're younger, as well. Some people are standing around watching some buff guy about to lift a hammer to test his strength. He drops it just as he and the people in the vicinity are de-aged, and of course, he barely gets it up anywhere in his de-buffed younger form. I'm theorizing that everyone at the carnival was forcibly reversed to the ages of 7-10, due to the location being within such close range to the Orb Of Doom at the time of activation. This is supported by the fact that even adults are shrunk to this age. One guy is tossing a baseball to knock over some milk jugs at a booth. The wave of youthilation washes over them, and both he, the vendor, and his Doberman are deuced to children! The dog went from full grown, to a puppy! The thrower, of course, drops the baseball, not having the muscles to toss it properly as a kid. Not far away, Lt. Jerome Stone pulls his car to a stop-sign at the corner of Astoria St. He then peeks out to the side mirror, and starts checking how he looks with his safari hat and sunglasses, adjusting them. The wave washes over him, and his face & body melt away in an orange haze, leaving him as a kid. In a very young voice, Jerome cries, "Hey!", finding himself too small to see over the wheel of his car. Lt. Stone is neither seen nor mentioned until Zeo, so it makes you wonder how long he was regressed to childhood, and what he did during that time.

Back at the carnival, the crowd of people staring at the sky continue to gasp and talk amongst themselves. This includes the Ranger teens. The Orb's spell activates itself on them, and the first we see reverted in age are Tommy, Rocky & Aisha. One moment, they're standing there as teenagers, and the next, their images are wiped away in a wash of orange light. They're back to being kids (same ones that played them in RBiT, of course), all wearing smaller versions of the same clothes they had on before the spell. Though their haircuts are all slightly different in some ways. Billy, Adam & Katherine are next to be reduced to children. Same clothes, same kids (Kat's younger self previously appeared in a flashback segment), different hair. Our young heroes look at themselves, stunned. Everyone else around them are also turned into kids, crying "Gosh!" and other G-rated obscenities. Young Tommy notes, "Zordon was right, you guys!" Young Kat (speaking in a very fake accent) wonders, "What do we do now?" They have no answers, instead inspecting their time regressed bodies for all their worth.

The crowd of children at the carnival race to the exits in a loud panic. It's a World Without Grown-Ups! Ahhh! The Ranger te... er, kids, remain calm. That is, until Tommy points to the sky, "Oh no, you guys. LOOK!" Up on the top of a nearby hill, not too far in the distance, is Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa, Goldar & Rito Revolto! Their evil laughter echoes all the way across the city, chilling our young heroes to the bone. If the altered forms weren't enough, this sure gives plenty of the carnival goers a cause to flee. Up on the hilltop, Goldar groans in delight about being wrong about Rito & Vile, "He actually DID it!" Rita lifts her magic wand into the air and exclaims, "Ya-ha!", with a wicked smile. Rito swings his bone-sword in the air above his head, cheering, "Yeah, Pops!" Zedd jokes, "Haha! Now they really ARE Power Brats!" Faced with this desperate situation (and retaining their memories, see the next episode as to how), the six Ranger kids are all that stands in the way between Angel Grove and the four Evil Space Aliens of the apocalypse! Rocky asks, "Billy, can we still Morph?" The brainy boy says, "There's only one way to find out!" Tommy agrees, "You're right!", and reaches around his back, calling out, "It's Morphin' Time!", into the camera. Beat. Nothing happens! Rocky cries, "Oh no! We can't Morph!" It appears that their connections to the Ninja Coins are dependent on them being a certain age and at a certain level of physical and emotional maturity. Tommy wonders, "What are we going to do?", and the kids have no answers.

Up on the hill, Lord Zedd comments to his fellow monsters, "I can't believe the Old Coot did it! You know what this means, don't you? I'll never hear the END of it! He'll just go on, and on..." Rita calms her husband, saying, "Don't fret, Zeddy! Why not think of this as a LEARNING experience! Now, let's get into the act before we miss all the FUN! Ha, ha!" Zedd agrees, "Yes, I guess you're right, my dear. It IS time we had some fun, isn't it?!" Goldar, Rito, and Rita laugh diabolically at this notion. Lord Zedd remarks, "Without those Power Rangers in our way, this world is OURS for the taking!" He charges up his Z-Staff with a surge of energy, and Rita charges up her Magic Wand. They lift them overhead, and combine their powers, Zedd proclaiming, "Forces of evil, make us GROW! Haha!" The usual season 3 thundercloud lightning blast drops down on all four of them, causing the evil overlords to grow into giant form! They tower over the mountain range, roaring mighty with victorious and vicious glee. The supersized (for the first times ever) Lord Zedd & Rita Repulsa begin to stomp slowly towards the city, as Zedd mentions, "Come, my queen. Let us greet our new subjects! Haha!" Goldar follows not far behind, waving his sword and likely happy to be big again for the first time since "Changing Of The Zords." Rito's around as well, first time he's been big since "A Ranger Catastrophe". Much evil laughter is displayed. Meanwhile, at the Command Center, Alpha 5 presses buttons on the consoles in a frantic pace. He cries, "Oh! We're losing power and I can't find the Rangers!" Zordon states, "Master Vile has succeeded where others have failed." Alpha turns to the staticy Viewing Globe and exclaims, "Oh, Zordon! I can't bear to watch. This can't be the end of the Power Rangers!" Zordon regrets, "I'm afraid something terrible has happened. In their present state, it's as if our journey together never began. We can do NOTHING to help them." Alpha understands, "You're right! They're all children!"

Back in the outskirts of town, the huge Rita Repulsa & Lord Zedd approach the carnival. Zedd yells, "Hello, kiddies! Ready to play a little game?!" Goldar's giant head grows closer to the carnival, and judging by the screaming coming from the fleeing kids, they're not ready for his game of squish the humans. The carnival is completely cleared out, except for the six Ranger youths, who remain in a tight bundle together. Kat remarks, "I can't BELIEVE this is happening!" Billy laments, "It appears as if we've FINALLY been defeated." Tommy whines, "You guys! We can't give up!" Aisha admits to him innocently, "Tommy, i'm scared." Tommy, as effected by his hormonal digression as the rest, pouts, "I'm REALLY scared." Little Billy has tears running down his face, as does Katherine, as the Ranger kids stand there, wondering what their next move will be. Aside from get destroyed along with the world, that is. Kat puts her hands to her face and sobs, some birthday surprise THIS turned out to be! Instead of growing older, she grew younger!