Top Ten Hero Episodes of Power Rangers

[Kane]

Shadow and Gatekeeper are definately heroic, but not Top Ten. Good runners up though.

Some other runners up I had were "Go Volcanic" (where the gunman on the bus becomes the hero), "Missing Green," "The Soul of Humanity" ("Humans sometimes make mistakes, but in times of need we humans will do whatever it takes to save our friends")

I only listed "Forever Red" because it had that surreal feel of our childhood heroes coming back and reuniting one last time. It was pretty epic in that sense.

 

[Keith Justice]

Damn fine list. :thumbs:

 

[JustAnotherBlueRanger]

Forever Red was a better episode. There was a stronger feeling of heroism IMO and a greater threat (Serpenterra, Machine Empire) compared to Psycho Pink.

While "Power of Pink" had the 'sacrifice' thing, thats really all it had.
Okay, compare that with the other Red Ranger episodes I listed:

"A Face From The Past" was more about Mitchell's heroism shaping Carter, its overall a more relevant episode to this theme than "Stranger Within"

"Fight Against Fate/Destiny Defeated" is 100x better than "Stranger Within," some of the best episodes of Power Rangers and they showcase the heroic struggle to change ones fate.

Are you smoking something with these Choices? FR was TERRIBLE outside of it's Hook (Ten Red Rangers).

There's NOTHING heroic about the most powerful zord in the known universe getting blown up by a BIKE.

That's Crap. That's Fanfic that was FILMED and shoe-horned into canon even though I sincerely doubt anyone but Amit actually considers it as such.

Kendrix on the other hand, EFFING DIES. Not to save the universe mind you, not even for her teammates. She dies saving someone she literally just met ONE episode again (Cassie). And it's not 'die, slipped into Coma-mode Joe', it's UTTERLY DESTROYED-typed death. As in NOT coming back to life (until the very of the series via mysterious means).

That's an example of 'True heroism' which you CITED when you made the comment about Mitchell shaping Carter's life. Except that in this case, you're ignoring your own logic for questionable reasons.

And is "Strangers Within" weaker then those Timeforce episodes? Yeah but it's a lot better then some of the episodes you tossed out. It's at least better then "Father's footsteps".

I'd start again with C2D as the #1 episode and go from there. "Fighting Spirit" wouldn't even crack the top five IMO, certainly not higher then Power of Pink.

 

[Kane]

Yeah thats the reason why Kendrix's 'death' in "Power of Pink" didnt seem as good as the episodes ranked higher than it......... she just met Cassie, the sacrifice seemed forced and tacked on (to obviously accomidate Val's illness).... and perhaps unnecessary since they saw the Megazord arrive (it could have crushed the sword)

While it was a good episode, the ones above it on the list were more consistent and less forced.

I actually thought Alex's 'death' in TF was handled better (and it was the same case as Kendrix where the characters perceive that the person had died when they really hadn't)


I thought "Father's Footsteps" was a better choice than "Stranger Within." The scenes with Alyssa's father and flashbacks were really well acted and I liked the storyline of her trying to live up to her father's (her hero) expectations.

And I don't think most would agree with you about FR being terrible. It certainly has the rep of being one of the better episodes.

 

[Kane]

This ones for you JABR, Top 10 Blue Ranger Episodes:


10) "Peace, Love and Woe" (MMPR) - Billy goes solo against Madame Woe to save Marge.

9) "Mondo's Last Stand" (PRZ) - Rocky takes on King Mondo alone to prove himself when he feels Jason is replacing him.

8) "Bodyguard in Blue" (PRTF) - Lucas is forced to protect the daughter of Dr Zaskin when he is taken hostage by Ransik.

7) "Up to the Challenge" (PRLSR) - Chad is forced into a kung-fu dual with his Demon-possessed rival.

6) "Walls" (SPD) - After losing the Red Ranger position, Sky refuses to bond with the team or follow Jack's orders.

5) "TJ's Identity Crisis" (PRiS) - TJ suffers a blow to the head from Darkliptor and loses his memory.

4) "Blue to the Test" (PRLG) - Kai must confront Commander Stanton to save Terra Venture.

3) "Graduation Blues" (PRZ) - Alien Blue Ranger Cestro comes to Earth to find former Blue Ranger Billy.

2) "Enter the Lost Galaxy" (PRLG) - Kai must go against the GSA and free a prisoner to protect the Galaxy book.

1) "Idol" (PRSPD) - Sky is betrayed by his former academy friend after an attempt is made on Cruger's life.

 

[Sentaifan'07 Xman]

I agree with most episodes on that list, though I do think "Forever Red" probably shouldn't be ranked that high, if at all. It's a fun episode, but I didn't feel any particularly high level of "heroism" from it, compared to eps where the characters were really driven against all odds to fight, even when it seemed there was no hope. The Rangers of "Forever Red" never even got close to that.

I concur.

 

[Eldar]

7) "Mondo's Last Stand" (PRZ) - Rocky takes on King Mondo alone to prove himself when he feels Jason is replacing him.

Why the hell does this get even a mention? By my recollection, Rocky was a whiny little **** in this episode.

 

[Kane]

Because it wasnt about heroic Blue Ranger episodes, just the best Blue Ranger-centric episodes. He learned a lesson.

If we discount episodes for whining, we'd lose all the Sky episodes!

What others would you suggest?

 

[Kane]

Top 10 Disney Era Episodes (NS-JF)

10) "Face to Face" (PROO)

9) "Home and Away" (PROO)

8) "Stranger Within" (PRMF)

7) "Shadow" (PRSPD)

6) "Heir Apparent" (PRMF)

5) "The Gatekeeper" (PRMF)

4) "Thunder Storm" (PRDT)

3) "Beginnings" (PRSPD)

2) "Fighting Spirit" (PRDT)

1) "Day of the Dino" (PRDT)

Runners Up

"Truth and Consequences" (PRDT)

"History" (SPD)

"Both Sides Now" (PROO)

"Idol" (SPD)

"Dismissed" (SPD)

 

[Dr. Tristan]

I would get rid of "Face to Face" and "Home and Away" then replace them with "Idol" and "Dismissed."

And "Idol" would have to be much higher up. >_>