06-10: The Wasp With a Heart

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Production Credits
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS - Haim Saban, Shuki Levy
PRODUCED BY - Jonathan Tzachor
WRITERS - Judd Lynn
DIRECTOR - Koichi Sakamoto

Episode-Specific Cast Credits
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Cassie meets and befriends Waspicable, a monster who turns out to have a kind heart - when Sting King and Ecliptor aren't using him to attack the Rangers.

• A beautiful day in a lovely flower garden somewhere. A yellow and black wasp-like hand comes into view, reaching for a bunch of what look like violets. Or something. The creature speaks with a slightly buzzing voice as we get a good look at him. Her. It. Whatever, he does indeed look like a humanoid wasp, and his name is Waspicable. He plucks a few blossoms and smells them.

Waspicable: Ah, look! They’re so beautiful! So delicate! Ohhhh…. (singing) Doo, doo, doodly dee… Flowers are the thing for me… Why wasn’t I born a honeybee?

• He goes skipping off, looking thoroughly silly, and then stops and bends down for more flowers.

Waspicable: Oh, yellow ones! I love yellow best of all!

• But all is not idyllic, as a bunch of Quantrons comes into view from the trees behind him. They point out the flower-loving wasp (bending over the flowers and wiggling his butt) to another wasp-like creature accompanying them, who we will soon know as Sting King.

Waspicable: Dum dee dum dee doo!

Sting King: That’s him all right! But what in the hive does he think he’s doing?

• He advances on Waspicable, grabs the flowers out of his hands and knocks him down.

Sting King: You are the evil Waspicable, you don’t pick flowers!

Waspicable: Oh… But I was just - but I…

Sting King: Oh, quit your blubbering. You need a roar, and fire fighters! (As close as I can get; this is hard to make out)

• Sting King fires a laser-like beam at a nearby tree, making it explode in flames. He whoops in triumph as the Quantrons applaud.

Sting King: Now, stand up, and show me what you’ve got!

Waspicable: (shaking his head) Oh, no, no, no! I can’t be like you, Sting King, I can’t blow things up! It’s so loud, and messy, and - and it makes people mad!

Sting King: Just do it!

• Stingy pokes Waspicable in the butt with the stinger he has in place of a right hand.

Waspicable: Yeow! All right, I’ll do it!

• He lets loose with a beam from his eyes that blows up a pile of rocks.

Sting King: Now you see, that wasn’t so hard, was it? Now just do that to the Power Rangers and put your name in the history books!

Waspicable: Really? In the history books?

Sting King: Uh huh. Yes.

Waspicable: Why not? Why couldn’t I?

Sting King: Ha ha, yeah!

Waspicable: (shaking hands with Sting King) I’m as evil as they come!

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• We’re in a park in Angel Grove, with Professor Phenomenus and Bulk and Skull, all wearing lab coats. The Prof is looking through a large pair of yellow and black-striped binoculars at a wasp nest. He’s still got that microphone fastened to his usual yellow and black headgear. Maybe the wasps will think he’s one of them.

Phenomenus: Aha, eureka! An alien pod! For sure!

• Skull comes up and takes the binoculars. Skull is behind him carrying a ladder. The Prof turns and goes to the back of their van.

Bulk: Hanging right there in a tree? Wow! You’re a genius, Professor!

• The Prof has removed his microphone hat and now puts on what looks like a black and yellow helmet with goggles. Bulk gets out a similar helmet for himself. Meanwhile Skull is looking through the binoculars.

Skull: I think… (looks again) Hey, that’s a beehive!

Phenomenus: Beehive! (laughs) Perhaps to the untrained eye! (more laughing)

• Minutes (presumably) later, the Prof reaches cautiously for the wasp nest with gloved hands. He pulls it loose from the branch it was hanging from.

Phenomenus: Gotcha!

• He climbs down the ladder with Bulk helping him and walks a few steps away.

Phenomenus: Come out, come out! You evil space aliens. (listens) Shhh!

• Skull shushes Bulk, who wasn’t making any sound. The Prof has his ear on the nest, which seems to be making scratching sounds.

Phenomenus: It lives! It lives!

Bulk: An alien?

• The scratching turns into buzzing. The Prof looks at the nest in dismay and throws it away onto the ground.

Phenomenus: BEES!!!!

• All three yelp and swat at the air as a cloud of insects surrounds them. They run for cover and collapse to the ground behind a tree.

Phenomenus: We outran them! (laughs)

Skull: You said they were aliens! You wouldn’t know aliens if they came up to you and said-

• At this moment our friend Waspicable appears, coming up to them.

Waspicable: Hello, boys!

• They stare in disbelief, scream, and run off. Waspicable sends a couple of eye-beam blasts after them, hitting the ground.

Waspicable: Ooohh, wait for me!

• Whew! Change of scene to above the planet, where the Megaship is quietly orbiting. On the bridge, Alpha is at a control panel and Cassie is walking across the room carrying a digital notepad-like device.

Cassie: Okay. Fuel systems.

DECA: Fuels are normal.

• Cassie makes a note and then turns as she hears a buzz.

Alpha: There’s a disturbance in the forest.

Cassie: You’re right. Okay, let’s take a look.

• They look up at the viewscreen, which now shows a picture of the Prof, Bulk, and Skull running for their lives.

Cassie: I’d better check it out. Just in case.

Alpha: Good idea, Cassie.

• Cassie exits the Megaship in a flash of pink light, and a moment later the Pink Ranger lands on her feet in the forest.

Cassie: Ah, okay. Let’s see. (hears yelling) Huh? There they are.

• Prof, Bulk, and Skull are dashing for the relative safety of their van. They arrive breathlessly and the Prof fumbles with his keys as they look back to see Waspicable approaching.

Bulk: Hurry, Professor! Hurry! Hurryyyyy!!!!

• Prof tries in vain to find the right key. Waspicable fires another blast, hitting the ground nearby.

Waspicable: (unintelligible remark) I’ll show you! With a capital E!

• He blasts at them again, as they scream in terror.

Bulk: Evacuate! Come on!

• The three hapless humans run for it again, and hide on the other side of the van. Waspicable runs up and looks around.

Waspicable: Hey! Where did they go? (gets down on the ground and looks underneath) Oh, hiding from me, are you? I think a little sneak attack is in order.

• He sort of tiptoes around the van, and springs out - only to see three pairs of empty pants standing in three pairs of shoes. What’s keeping them standing I have a feeling I don’t want to know.

Waspicable: Ha Hoo! … What’s this? Looks like I scared the pants off ‘em! But where’d the bodies go?

• He looks around and sees Bulk, Prof, and Skull attempting to sneak off into the trees while clad in their boxers. The Prof’s are bright red with what may be white hearts. Failing to be terrified by this horrible sight, Waspicable encourages them:

Waspicable: Don’t stop now, go ahead and run some more! This is great fun!

• Maybe not so great, as Cassie comes flying in to kick him and knock him down.

Cassie: Okay! I’ll take it from here, you guys, just - (gets a good look at them in their underwear and covers her helmeted face) Oh! I’m sorry, I’m not looking! Just… go! (waves frantically for them to leave) Sorry!

Phenomenus: Wait, wait, that’s my alien!

Skull: No! No!

Bulk: (picking up Professor) Come on! Come on! We gotta go!

• Finally they leave, with Bulk carrying the Prof, and Cassie turns her attention back to Waspicable.

Cassie: All right, you, come on!

Waspicable: Wow! The Pink Ranger! This is cool! I mean… just who I’ve been looking for!

Cassie: You’ve got a lesson to learn about manners!

Waspicable: I’ll be teaching the lesson here, ‘cause I’m evil! Hah hah!

• Next thing, Cassie is flying through the air and lands hard on her back. Then she’s up and slugging it out with Waspicable, who’s a pretty good fighter for a flower-hugger. She flips a few yards away from him.

Waspicable: Now to blast you!

Cassie: I don’t think so!

• Cassie gestures and summons her Satellite Stunner, and whirls out of the way of the blast. After dodging another beam she fires back, hitting him.

Waspicable: Hey, what’s the big idea?

Cassie: Are you kidding? You’re a monster! What did you expect me to do?

• Waspy seems about to blast again, but Cassie beats him to it. Waspicable dodges the pink beam this time.

Waspicable: That does it! (charges at Cassie)

Cassie: Uh oh!

• He barrels into her and yanks the Stunner out of her hand, and then punches her a few times in the gut and blasts her at close range, sending her crashing onto the ground again, ironically near a patch of flowers. When she looks up, he’s holding her Stunner.

Waspicable: I’ve got your blaster. Say goodbye, Power Ranger! I….

• She holds up a hand but is helpless. He whimpers a little and hunches over.

Waspicable: Oh, I can’t do it.

Cassie: You’re not going to fire? You’re a monster… with a heart!

Waspicable: Who, me? A heart? Monsters don’t have hearts! I’ll prove it!

• He yells fiercely and aims at her again.

Cassie: No, don’t!

• He keeps the Stunner on her for a moment, and then wails in defeat.

Waspicable: Oh, it’s no use; I’m a failure!

Cassie: Don’t be so hard on yourself, Waspicable. It’s good that you didn’t fire. Huh?

• That last ‘huh’ was in response to the Blue and Red Rangers flying in from nowhere to kick Waspicable down. They land and are joined by the Yellow and Black Rangers.

Andros: Blasters ready! Aim!

Cassie: (running between her teammates and their target) Wait! Don’t shoot! It’s all right!

Andros: Are you sure, Cassie?

Cassie: Yes, yes! He had a chance to destroy me - but he didn’t. (holds out a hand to Waspicable)

Waspicable: You’re supposed to be the enemy! But you stopped them from blasting me! Ohhhhh!

• With a cry of anguished confusion, he turns and transforms into a spark of light which swiftly flies up into the sky.

Cassie: No! Don’t go!

Ashley: (with a hand on Cassie’s shoulder) Cassie, are you okay?

Cassie: Yeah, I’m fine. But…

Carlos: But what?

Cassie: Well, that monster… (stoops to pick up the Satellite Stunner) I think I hurt his - feelings!

• They all look up into the sky from amid the flowers.

• Not far away in time or space, people are happily going about their business at what looks like an outdoor food court in a park. Waspicable is lurking in the bushes having an identity crisis.

Waspicable: I do not have a heart. I’m a monster! An evil monster!

• He watches as some guy squats down to pick something up. Waspy now has a pleasant little wish-fulfillment fantasy of evil as the edges of the picture blur with the standard flashback/dream/fantasy effect.

Waspicable: I’m going to go right up to him and go… Yarrgggg!

• He leaps through the air, landing amid the people and behind the back of the unfortunate man. The only sound is dramatic music as he menaces and the (young, vigorous) man reacts in terror, falling over the table he was sitting at.

• Fantasy over, Waspicable prepares for the real thing.

Waspicable: Just like that! Yeah!

• He makes his leap for real, landing behind the seated man. However, this time when the monster grabs the guy, his victim turns out to be quite elderly and helpless. The man yells in fear, knocks over his meager lunch, and falls to his knees as he tries to get away.

Waspicable: Oh, dear! Sorry sir! I thought you were… Let me clean this up for you. Oh dear….

• The man, still clutching what appears to be a hot dog, gets up and beats a hasty retreat. Waspicable slumps in dejection.

Waspicable: Oh, I almost attacked an old man. (Whimpers and falls to his knees, clutching his head) I can’t do anything right! I need to be evil - but how?

• A little later I guess, some kids are having a party in the park, complete with hats, balloons, and tables covered with food. Cassie is advising a little blonde girl on which balloon to pick out of a bunch.

Cassie: Maybe something… this color? Sherry?

Sherry: Blue!

Cassie: Blue’s pretty, honey.

• Waspicable is again watching from the bushes.

Waspicable: Oh, it’s a birthday party! I love parties! Maybe I do have a heart! Maybe I’m not cut out to be a monster!

• A harsh voice interrupts, and Waspy looks up to find Ecliptor approaching, with a bunch of Quantrons.

Ecliptor: A heart? You don’t have a heart, you’re a monster! Now why haven’t you attacked the Power Rangers?

Waspicable: Oooh, well, I’ve been studying the Pink Ranger. Planning an attack!

Ecliptor: Planning an attack? Here’s a plan!

• He hauls off and hits Waspy in the gut with the hilt of his sword.

Waspicable: (doubled over) Ohhh! Why did you have to go and do that?

Ecliptor: Attack now!

Waspicable: Well, okay. (turns and starts off) Here goes nothing.

Ecliptor: Prepare to fight! Quantrons!

• The Quantrons come to attention and salute. Meanwhile, Waspicable starts his assault by hitting the ground around the party-goers with several explosive beams. Cassie is knocked down and looks around in alarm for the origin of the attack. She sees it soon enough, in the form of Waspy as the Quantrons charge past him.

Waspicable: There! Take that!

• Cassie scrambles to her feet and starts to herd the kids away.

Cassie: Everybody get out! Go!

• Amid much screaming, the Quantrons menace the kids, trample the food, and destroy the decorations. Sherry and (presumably) her mother are trapped among the picnic tables and cowering.

Waspicable: (watching unhappily) Come on Waspy, you should be enjoying this…

Sherry: My balloons! My balloons!

• A particularly despicable Quantron has grabbed a bunch of balloons, including the big blue one Cassie had helped her pick out, and now lets them go to float away.

Waspicable: Aw, come on, you didn’t have to do that to her balloons!

Ecliptor: (appearing beside him) Good job, Waspicable. Now you’re finally getting into the sting of things. (laughs)

Waspicable: What have I done; this is terrible! (looks up at drifting balloons) Ohhhh….

• While he’s agonizing over balloons, the Quantrons are grabbing Sherry and her mom. Cassie comes to the rescue, knocking them away, and tells child and woman to flee.

Cassie: It’s okay, go find a safe place!

Mom: Okay, let’s go, honey! Hurry!

• Two Quantrons grab Cassie’s arms and bend her over. She looks to see if Sherry and her mom are gone, and see them about to disappear over a small hill. Then she straightens and throws off her attackers, punches one, kicks a second, flips a third onto a picnic table and karate-chops him. Waspicable watches from the sidelines.

Waspicable: Can’t stand to watch!

• Cassie fights on valiantly, knocking a Quantron face-first into a cake.

Waspicable: So outnumbered!

• Cassie rolls onto a table, leg-sweeps a Quantron, and rolls onto the seat only to be grabbed and thrown. Another Quantron catches her and throws her back. She gets in one more punch, and then is overwhelmed by three of the drones and held still to face Waspicable and Ecliptor.

Ecliptor: I’ll let you have the honors, Waspicable. Destroy her!

Waspicable: Well, I… uh uh uh, ohhhh…..

Ecliptor: Well? What are you waiting for? Blast Pink Ranger into oblivion!

Waspicable: I’m not sure, Ecliptor.

Ecliptor: Do it.

Waspicable: All right. Here I go. No more Pink Ranger!

• Cassie reacts in fear as he hesitates and has a flashback to his encounter with Cassie earlier.

Cassie: You’re a monster… with a heart!

• Back in the present, Waspy bends over in an agony of indecision, and then straightens with determination. His eyes light up as he yells and fires a blast. Cassie prepares for the worst - but the beams hit, not her, but one of the Quantrons holding her.

Cassie: Huh?

Waspicable: Oops, I missed!

• Ecliptor shoves him into a nearby deck chair.

Cassie: No!

Ecliptor: (to Cassie) I’ll destroy you myself.

• The Quantrons have a grip on her again. Cassie struggles in vain as Ecliptor raises his sword and walks closer. He prepares to strike - until a female voice interrupts and he looks up to find two new arrivals coming across the lawn.

Astronema: Stop!

Ecliptor: Huh?

Sting King: Stand back, Ecliptor! This one’s mine!

Ecliptor: Very well, Sting King.

Waspicable: Oh, dear!

• Astronema approaches, smirking.

Waspicable: No!

Sting King: End of the line, Ranger!

Waspicable: No!

• Waspicable runs and throws himself in front of Cassie, taking the blast meant for her in a sparking explosion.

Cassie: NOOO!!!!

• Sting King keeps blasting away with his stinger-like hand. Waspicable staggers, but then charges right at his fellow wasp monster.

Cassie: Don’t! No!

• Waspy reaches Sting King and jumps on him, knocking him down, only to be thrown off onto the ground. Meanwhile, Cassie pulls free of her Quantron captors and runs to him, bending over the injured monster. Sting King, Astronema, and Ecliptor look on menacingly.

Sting King: I’ll take care of both of them.

• But as he takes a step forward he’s hit by an energy blast. The flashing forms of the Red, Yellow, Blue, and Black Rangers come somersaulting in and land between Cassie and Waspicable and their would-be attackers as Astronema looks up in alarm.

Sting King: Power Rangers!

Andros: That’s right! (to Cassie) Are you okay?

Cassie: (nods and then looks down at Waspicable, almost crying) He saved me.

• Cassie finds strength in her grief, glares at Astronema, gets up and walks to stand in front of her teammates.

Cassie: Let’s rocket!

• She goes through a quick version of her morphing sequence and reappears as the Pink Ranger.

Cassie: Power Rangers! Hyah!

• Ecliptor walks in front of his allies and then turns to Sting King.

Ecliptor: You know what to do.

Sting King: You can count on me!

Cassie: Guys, let’s teach these monsters a lesson! (to Waspicable, who is now on his feet) Waspicable, you’ve done your part. It’s our fight now. Go someplace safe, okay? (back to Sting King) All right, let’s get ‘em!

Ecliptor: Destroy the whole city!

• Ecliptor, Astronema, and their Quantrons vanish in teleportation light.

Rangers: Huh?

Sting King: (apparently left behind) That’s right, Powerless Rangers! (laughs manically and runs off)

Andros: You guys, we’ve gotta stop him.

Cassie: I know what to do. (looks up and gestures) Galaxy Gliders, hang ten!

• Above, the Megaship launches the five Galaxy Gliders in flashes of light. They zoom down and fall into formation in midair, as the Rangers run and leap onto them, one after the other. They ride above the city streets and then up into space after Sting King, who seems to be above the Earth, unsupported by anything visible.

Sting King: Fire!

• He shoots lightning-like energy from his stinger hand, which arcs down to the surface of the Earth and hits with a massive explosion. Several buildings are shown being blown to smithereens. The Rangers ride up on their Gliders.

Ashley: The blast came from right around here!

• There’s another massive lightning blast, hitting all of the Rangers as they yelp in pain.

Andros: Is everyone okay?

Ashley: Yeah! Did you see where it came from?

TJ: I couldn’t really tell.

Carlos: Cassie! You’ve gotta use your Satellite Stunner to pinpoint its exact location!

Cassie: You’ve got it! Here goes!

• She summons the Satellite Stunner and holds it out, firing a couple of blasts into (apparently) empty space. The second one hits the invisible form of Sting King, surrounding him in a burst of pink lightning and making him visible again as he yells out.

Cassie: Yeah, there he is!

Carlos: (now holding Lunar Lance) All right, let’s get to work!

Andros: Spiral Saber!

TJ: Astro Axe!

Ashley: Star Slinger!

Cassie: (a little redundantly) Satellite Stunner!

• All of them open fire, their weapons’ beams combining into a ball of energy which hits Sting King explosively.

Carlos: Yeah, direct hit!

Ashley: That oughta bring him back down to Earth! Hah!

• Indeed, Sting King is now falling, spinning head over heels, from space and back to the park in Angel Grove, landing in a cloud of dust. He appears unhurt and is back on his feet as the Rangers charge in.

Sting King: You’re about to be as busy as bees!

• He waves his stinger-hand and a swarm of bees (or maybe wasps? I’m not sure) appears and attacks the Rangers.

Sting King: (laughs) Sting them, my little drones!

• Carlos yells and falls, surrounded by the little buggers. He manages to draw his Astro Blaster and fires at Sting King, hitting him in the stinger-hand. The bees all promptly fall to the ground, inactivated.

Sting King: Oh, no, my bees!

Carlos: Your bees aren’t so busy now.

• The Rangers line up, aiming their Power Weapons, and then charge at Sting King. Cassie attacks first, leaping and firing her Satellite Stunner. Then TJ, then Ashley, then Andros, then Carlos, who is briefly seen against a black background crossed by colored lines. Stingy is blasted repeatedly, and collapses in a series of explosions.

• High above, Astronema is watching on her monitors.

Astronema: Two wasps, and still those Power Rangers survive. (smiling now) Not for long. Fire the satellasers!

• A green beam strikes down from the Dark Fortress and hits Sting King, growing him instantly to giant size.

Rangers: Huh?

• They’ve seen this so many times, you’d think they wouldn’t be surprised. Anyway, Sting King swings his arm to blast at the city.

Rangers: We need Astro Megazord power now!

• The Astro Megaship and Space Shuttle go through their usual sequence, forming the Astro Megazord, the Rangers already in the forehead-cockpit as it finishes. It rapidly descends to Earth.

Sting King: Huh?

• Astro Megazord kicks Sting King in the head as it lands. The two fight amid the city buildings, with Astro Megazord lifting Sting King on its sword and tossing him back down. Stingy gets right back up.

Sting King: Take this!

• He fires twin white blasts from his eyes. Astro Megazord deflects them with his shield. (Into a couple of buildings, by the way. Some defender of the city.) Then he fires back at Stingy with his giant blaster, hitting him with a giant explosion.

Andros: Power Rangers have quite a sting too!

• Sting King explodes mightily, and turns into a sort of black ball of energy with a starburst inside, surrounded by crackling lightning and a spinning ring of pink. It rises into the air and then bursts into a fireball.

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• The Dark Fortress, hanging ominously above Earth, as Astronema walks angrily into her control room, follows by Elgar.

Astronema: No more insects, got it?

Elgar: Ix-nay on the ugs-bay, right!

Astronema: Sound the alarm!

• A Quantron nods and punches his metallic finger at a control. Several more Quantrons slide down a pole into the room as an alarm starts sounding.

Elgar: (making notes) Okay, no bugs and no French painters. (Hey, that’s what it sounds like.) Hey, where’s the fire?

• Ecliptor stalks in between the running forms of Quantrons.

Ecliptor: Ecliptor reporting as ordered, my princess. (salutes) How may I serve you?

Astronema: Prepare all the Quantrons. I have a plan for the next time we meet the Rangers. (walks away)

Ecliptor: It will be done, Astronema.

• Back on Earth, the Rangers run towards where Waspicable is sitting hunched on a rock. Cassie demorphs in mid-run.

Cassie: Are you okay?

Waspicable: Yeah. He just winged me.

Cassie: Thank you. You helped me out big time back there.

Waspicable: It’s okay. I’m sorry too. I never wanted to hurt anyone; I just wanted to be good at something. But I guess I’m not much of a monster. What a failure! (moans)

Cassie: Being nice isn’t a failure! It’s exactly the opposite! You have a big heart. That’s not a failure.

Waspicable: Maybe it wouldn’t be… if I was human. But I’m not. I don’t even know what I am anymore.

• As he moves away a couple of steps, we hear the sound of a child crying.

Waspicable: Hmm? What’s that?

• Nearby, Sherry is crying over the ruins of her birthday party, her mom holding her hand.

Waspicable: I’m the one who made her cry.

• He cries a stream of tears himself, clenches his fists in determination, and runs and jumps into the air.

Cassie: Wait, where are you going?

• Waspicable turns into a small ball of bright light which circles a couple of times and then flies off as Cassie and the Rangers watch helplessly.

Andros: Power down!

Ashley: Well… You think he’ll stay good or turn evil?

Carlos: I don’t know. I hope he–

TJ: (smiling and pointing) Look!

• In the air above, Waspicable’s ball of light is herding a bunch of the birthday balloons down towards Sherry, who hasn’t seen them yet and is still crying.

Sherry’s Mom: Sherry, look at that!

• They run forward, and Sherry grabs the string of a green balloon and the big blue one Cassie had helped her pick out.

Cassie: I have a feeling he’ll be good. Forever.

• She leaves the smiling Rangers behind and runs to join Sherry and Mom.

Cassie: Sherry! Isn’t that wonderful how your balloons came back? Aw, happy birthday.

Sherry: (smiling and laughing) Thanks.

End

• Again we see Bulk and Skull in their underwear. Also I think this is the first time in the series we see Bulk, Skull, and Professor Phenomenus directly interacting with a Ranger.

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