| TURBOZORDS |
| - Turbo Rangers' initial set of Zords; each modeled after a modern car | |
| First Appearance: | 500-TPRM |
| Last Appearance: | 544-CIS1 |
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| Subcategories: | Red Lightning, Mountain Blaster, Desert Thunder, Dune Star, Wind Chaser, Turbo Megazord |
| See Also: | Rescuezords |
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500-TPRM.
- When the four teens
created their Turbozords using the Power
Chamber's controls, Kat, Adam, and Alpha worked
the main console while Tanya sat at the western
console; Tommy (soon joined by Tanya) walked from Tanya's
console to the main console, saying, "Level stabilizers off 8.40. Full
throttle the power output."; Kat replied that all
systems were go, and the Turbozords were then created.
- During the creation of the Zords, the Viewing Screen showed five Ranger-colored outlines of the
Turbozords, which flowed outward and streaked through a black
background; the Turbozords were then revealed to be in a smoke-filled
room elsewhere in the Power Chamber.
- The Turbozords' being in a room elsewhere in the
Power Chamber was verified by the
flashback in 501-SIT1.
- As the Turbozords were being created, Zordon said they would possess the power to carry
the teens safely on their quest through the Nemesis Triangle.
- Although the Turbozords were created quickly,
it's unknown when and by whom the Turbo powers, weapons, suits, and Zords were designed.
- The Turbozords were car-sized and appeared to be
just ordinary cars, but they could turn on their lights, rev their
engines, and drive forward, seemingly on their own.
- Zordon said that the
Turbozords were vehicles equipped with the power and velocity of Turbo technology.
? Zordon said that individually, the Turbozords were
formidable fighting machines, but the individual Turbozords had no
weapons systems.
- As the newly-morphed Turbo Rangers walked into the Power Chamber, Alpha said that all systems checked out and
that the Turbozords were programmed and ready to go.
- In the Power
Chamber, Zordon told the Rangers to take their Turbozords across the
"great desert" to the sea; there they
would find the Ghost Galleon, a phantom
ship which would take them and their Zords to the Nemesis Triangle.
- Zordon told the Rangers that neither the galleon nor the Turbozords would be
detectable by Divatox, but he neglected to
mention that the Rangers would be
detectable, at least in unmorphed form.
? In the desert, the four Turbozords drove out
from a large dust cloud; in the flashback in 501-SIT1, they would instead drive out from four
Ranger-colored explosions of
smoke.
- The unmorphed teens
drove the still car-sized Turbozords through the desert; this was the only time unmorphed
Rangers would pilot Zords.
? The Turbozords'
cockpits appeared to be much more spacious than could have been fit into
the car-sized Zords, especially in the cases of Red Lightning and Wind Chaser.
- In the Turbozord cockpits, the four teens all wore headsets.
? Had several shots
not been flipped from left to right, all of the Turbozords' cockpits
would have had two levers on the pilot's left side; the teens' headsets also would have all been on their
right ear. (Source: Flipping submitted by Selma McCrory)
- The shorter lever on the left, closer to the teen than the longer one, made the Turbozords
shift into high speed, with glowing streaks, perhaps flames, coming from
the rear ends of the Zords.
? All of the car-sized
Turbozords but Wind Chaser were shown to
have standard driver's-side doors through which the teens could enter and exit their vehicles, yet
none of the cockpits had space for a side doorway.
- After Justin had taken
Rocky's place as the Blue Ranger, Alpha had had to give him a crash-course in
driving; apparently, he didn't receive an instinctual knowledge of
piloting his Turbozord.
- The teens somehow got
the Turbozords aboard the Ghost Galleon's
lower cargo area; it wouldn't be until much later that the Turbozords'
ability to drive across water would be demonstrated.
? The next night on
the galleon, the four teens were studying a map on a table downstairs,
seemingly in the cargo area, yet the Turbozords were nowhere to be seen.
- After watching their approach of Muiranthias from the galleon's upper deck, the next day, the teens went back downstairs and came up strapping
their Power Boxes on; apparently, they'd
brought the Power Boxes with them in the
Turbozords.
- Immediately after he'd gone downstairs, Adam was shown, from through a grating with sunlight
on it, getting into Desert Thunder; this
indicates that the Turbozords were indeed in the one lower cargo area,
and that they should have been down there all along whenever the teens had gone downstairs.
? When Adam got in the driver's side door of Desert Thunder, he sat on a gray seat on
the driver's side, as if it were a normal van inside, yet the cockpit
interior was much more spacious, and it had a centered, green seat.
- Desert Thunder
drove away from the Ghost Galleon with
only its wheels submerged in the ocean water.
- The Turbozords were also called "Turbo vehicles."
- When Tommy's short-range locator detected two torpedoes approaching, the four teens quickly got into the Turbozords for
protection and for shelter from Divatox's
sensors.
- The four Turbozords drove away from the flaming
wreckage of the Ghost Galleon, showing
that all five Turbozords were able to drive on water, with only their
wheels submerged.
- Although unmorphed Justin was never shown while driving Mountain Blaster, he presumably had a
headset to match the others'.
- Once the teens had
parked the Turbozords in the jungle of Muiranthias and Adam
told them that Lerigot was dying and that they
might already be too late (apparently referring to Lerigot's health rather than Divatox's imminent release of Maligore), Tommy had
them morph and leave the Turbozords
behind so they could take the silent approach.
- When the Turbo
Weapons were ineffective on Maligore in
the temple, Tommy
had the Rangers lure Maligore outside so they could call on their
Zords, but Maligore wasn't giant-sized at the
time.
? The Rangers, in the Turbozords, shifted the
longer of the two levers (with all of the levers now on the Rangers' left sides); the red circle in the
back of Red Lightning's cockpit then
opened like an iris, even though it had been open in all previous shots.
- Tommy announced, "Turbo Megazord morph sequence, online," at
which point the Turbozords grew to the standard Zord size; only Red
Lightning was shown clearly in the growing process, and it did so
with red energy; the growth sequence was verified by the flashback in 501-SIT1.
- Immediately after the Turbozords had grown, Adam announced the powering-up of the Turbo Shield
armor, which gave the Zords a rugged armor exterior.
- Once the Turbo
Megazord was complete and upright, a blue flash of light completed
the transformation and took away the rugged armor, making the Zords'
surfaces smooth again.
501-SIT1.
- Tommy raced a stock car around a track quite well after
only having been driving the car for a month; since it doesn't seem that
the teens would have waited a month after 500-TPRM to tell Rocky
about their adventure, Tommy must have begun
racing before 500-TPRM and the introduction
of the Turbo powers and Zords.
503-SIT3.
- After the Rangers
morphed, they were then shown
driving the Turbozords through the desert.
- The Turbozords were now by default Zord-sized.
? The Turbozord
cockpits were completely different from their appearance in 500-TPRM; now in the rear of each was a Ranger-colored circle bearing the
Turbozord's number, and the Rangers'
seats now consisted of the yet un-introduced Turbo Carts, held in place by large clamps.
? After she and Justin had arrived in the Megazord cockpit, Kat
got out of her seat and remarked to Justin how
amazing this new Megazord was, but the
Rangers had used the Megazord in 500-TPRM.
? When Tanya noted as the Rangers were forming the Turbo Megazord that Justin was sure having a good time with this, Adam replied, "He's a kid with a new toy! Let him
have some fun! You did, remember?"
- While racing along a mountainous ledge, trying to
get past Elgar's vehicle, Tommy pulled out from under his left side a white
instruction manual for the Zord, with "RV" and Japanese writing on the cover; flipping through
it, he remarked, "Now, lemme see, how do I kick this thing into Turbo?
Lucky I got my manual!"
- On the tailgate of Mountain Blaster was now "Power 2
Vehicle," while in 500-TPRM, all that had
been there was the number two.
- A rear tire appearing to be on Dune Star read "Power Vehicle" and "CR-1000."
- Unless otherwise noted, when summoning the Turbozords, the Rangers would touch the right sides of their
helmets, as if activating earpieces inside the helmets rather than communicators; the time they did so in this
episode, their fingers came close to their helmets without touching
them, but in most other cases, they would touch the helmets.
- When the Rangers
summoned the Turbozords to use them against giant Amphibitor, the Turbozords
activated by themselves and drove out from an underground holding bay.
- The Turbozords drove out of the holding bay through the city in the order of the numbers on them.
504-Shad.
- To get the Chromite
into the shade, Tommy summoned the Turbozords
simply to have the Turbo Megazord cast a
shadow on the Chromite.
505-TrIm.
- The Rangers didn't
use the Turbozords this time, since they faced no giant monster.
506-RlyR.
? When Porto grew to giant size, the Rangers drove up in the Turbo Carts and ineffectively attacked Porto with their Turbo
Weapons and then the Turbo
RAM; it's unknown why they didn't summon the Turbozords.
507-BFSp.
- When Demon
Racer II grew to giant size, Adam got into
his Turbo Cart, which he had used earlier
to race the original Demon
Racer, and fired a missile at him.
- Shortly afterward, the five Rangers summoned the Turbozords to form the
Turbo Megazord, which used previously
unseen techniques and attacks.
508-BBFB.
- To chase after Justin
and his out-of-control bicycle, morphed Tommy summoned the car-sized Red Lightning, which dropped from the sky,
and Tommy got in through the driver's side door.
- Once Tommy was inside, Red Lightning's headlights flashed with the
same electronic hum heard whenever the future Lightning Cruiser and Storm Blaster would flash their lights.
- Once he'd caught up with Justin, Tommy climbed out
onto the hood of Red Lightning, and as
the car continued to drive itself, he leapt from the Turbozord and
tackled Justin, rescuing him from the bicycle.
- Red Lightning
suddenly veered away from the bicycle
before it fell over and exploded; this was the last time a Turbozord
would be shown car-sized.
510-GlHa.
- When the Rangers
summoned the Turbozords this time, they performed simultaneous sideways
thumb gestures as though hitchhiking.
511-Wt&S.
- When the five Rangers called for the Turbozords after Kat had given Numbor a pounding, Kat stood in the center of the group and was the only
Ranger to touch the right side of her
helmet.
513-MiMe.
? When Terrortooth grew a second time
after being shrunk once by the Turbo
Megazord's chest ray, the Rangers
used the Turbo RAM Cannon Mode
on the giant monster rather than summoning the Turbozords again; Blue Senturion then finished the fight in
Robo Racer, alone.
- Robo Racer's cockpit
resembled the Turbozord cockpits, with what would have been its Ranger-colored lights being blue, and
with Blue Senturion's badge symbol
(bearing the letter "S") in a blue circle behind his seat.
519-PTT2.
- When the Rangers
summoned the Turbozords, there were four Ranger-colored smoke explosions in
the desert before the Turbozords were
shown driving through the desert; this
would happen again in 525-WTOF.
521-TWOF.
- Whenever Lightning
Cruiser and Storm Blaster would flash
their headlights in an attempt to communicate with someone, they would
make the same humming sound of the Turbozords' headlights.
524-VAct.
- As Ashley summoned the
Turbozords, she touched the right side of her helmet as Cassie touched the left side of her own.
525-WTFO.
- Morphed T.J., Cassie, and Ashley drove
around in their Turbozords to look for energy readings of the freeze key which was lowering the Earth's temperature.
526-DrkD.
- When Havoc first
brought in Metallasaurus, T.J. had the Rangers
try the Turbine Laser, which they'd
brought with them on Storm Blaster.
- When the Turbine
Laser did nothing, T.J. touched the left side
of his helmet to tell Alpha they needed the
"Turbo--", presumably Turbozords, but when Metallasaurus's attack cut him off, he
asked the Rangers if they had any
suggestions.
- As the Rangers ran
away, T.J. finally summoned the Turbozords.
- A red alarm was shown blaring with the sound of
Robo Racer's siren, and then the Turbozords
drove up.
527-OLHo.
- Porto had printed out
information hidden in the stolen Turbo
Megazord's database and gave it to Havoc in a black "Top Secret" binder which
contained information on the unintroduced Siren Blaster Rescuezord and Artillatron, but most importantly, the Phantom Ranger and his Power Ruby.
- The Turbozords' data banks apparently also contained images of Metallasaurus's first form confronting Artillatron. (Source: Submitted by Derik Smith)
- The Rescuezord
cockpits were similar to the Turbozord cockpits, but without the Turbo Carts.
529-ClMz.
? The Turbozords were
shown parked in their compartments beside Artillatron in the holding bay, but they were supposed to be
in the form of the evil Turbo Megazord,
the reason the Rangers had summoned the
Rescuezords.
532-GOEv.
- When the Rangers
summoned the Rescuezords after being shot
at by Robo Racer's cannon, there were four
Ranger-colored smoke explosions in
the desert (as had introduced the
Turbozords' arrival several times in the past) before the Rescuezords were shown driving in with
multiple non-colored explosions behind them, presumably caused by Robo Racer's cannon.
534-TOWW.
- The Rescuezords
again drove out by themselves without Artillatron, after the four Ranger-colored smoke explosions
appeared in the desert.
540-C&TC.
- The components of the Turbo Megazord and Rescue Megazord were interchangeable,
allowing the Rangers to combine the Red Lightning and Mountain Blaster Turbozords with the Wind Rescue, Star
Racer, and Thunder Loader Rescuezords to form the Rescue Turbo Megazord.
544-CIS1.
- In the Rescue
Megazord, T.J. touched the left side of his
helmet as he called for the Turbozords.
- The Turbo Megazord was crippled in combat with Goldgoyle.
| - Phrases used as four teens prepare for journey in car-sized Turbozords | |
| 500-TPRM |
Adam: "Desert Thunder, ready to rumble." Kat: "Wind Chaser, ready to howl." Tanya: "Dune Star's gonna shine." Tommy: "Red Lightning, ready to bolt!" |
| - Phrases used for teens to shift car-sized Turbozords into high speed mode | |
| 500-TPRM |
Adam: "All systems go, Tommy!" Tommy: "All right, let's rip some velocity! Shift into turbo!" |
| - Phrases used for Turbozords to grow to giant size | |
| 500-TPRM |
Tommy: "Let's see what this baby's got. Ready
to bring 'em together!" Kat: "Wind Chaser, ready!" Adam: "Ready!" Tanya: "Ready!" Justin: "Ready!" Tommy (shifting gear): "Do it! Turbo Megazord morph sequence, online." - Turbozords grow |
| - Phrases used for Turbozords to grow to giant size (flashback to sequence in 500-TPRM, but with different dialogue) | |
| 501-SIT1 |
Tommy: "Red Lightning turbo power!" Kat: "Wind Chaser turbo power!" Adam: "Desert Thunder!" Tanya: "Dune Star!" Justin: "Mountain Blaster!" Tommy (shifting gear): "Do it!" - Turbozords grow |
| - Phrases used to activate Turbozord armor | |
| 500-TPRM |
Adam: "Powering up the Turbo Shield armor now.
Desert Thunder is ready to rock!" Tanya: "Dune Star's right there with you." Justin: "This is awesome! Mountain Blaster here, I'm ready too!" |
| - Phrases used for Rangers to summon Turbozords | |
| 503-SIT3 503-SIT3 510-GlHa 513-MiMe 517-Shr2 519-PTT2 520-StWi 525-WTFO | Rangers: "We need Turbo Megazord power, now!" |
| 504-Shad 509-WLie 511-Wt&S | Rangers: "We need Turbozord power, now!" |
| 507-BFSp | Rangers: "Turbo Megazord, now!" |
| 508-BBFB |
Tommy: "Red Lightning Turbo power, turbo
up!" Justin: "Mountain Blaster Turbo power, turbo up!" Adam: "Desert Thunder Turbo power, turbo up!" Tanya: "Dune Star Turbo power, turbo up!" Kat: "Wind Chaser Turbo power, turbo up!" |
| 524-VAct | Ashley: "We need Turbo Megazord power, now!" |
| 526-DrkD | T.J.: "We need Turbo Megazord power, now!" |
| 536-Conf 539-CrvB | T.J.: "Turbo Megazord power, now!" |
| 542-RivR | T.J. (in Rescue Megazord): "Let's lock 'em up!" |
| 544-CIS1 | T.J. (in Rescue Megazord): "Turbozords, power up!" |
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