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The Return of Lowder Reviews: Power Rangers Wild Force

This will also be the final review done in this format because after this I will have special screen cards showing what I am reviewing.

Plot Summary:

In the wilderness while having been raised by the local natives, a young man named Cole leaves to search for his past. In the city of Turtle Cove, four Rangers are battling two powerful orgs but are outmatched. The orgs leave, and Alyssa comments on how they need a fifth Ranger, but their leader Taylor disagrees. Cole arrives in the city and tries to find the people in his photo - his parents. He saves animals from a shady shelter run by two devious people. Cole and the animals make it out of the shelter safely and the animal snatchers are revealed to be the Duke Orgs Toxica and Jindrax. After being knocked out by the four Rangers the next day, Cole wakes up in a jungle and five robotic animals greet him - Lion, Tiger, Bison, Shark, and Eagle - the Power Animals. Cole makes his way to a temple, where he is greeted by the Rangers and their mentor Princess Shayla. Cole shows them a red crystal with the lion in it. They surprise him by showing him their colored crystals. The Org from earlier returns to wreak more havoc in the city. Shayla dispatches the Rangers. Taylor gives Cole his Growl Phone and shows him how to morph. The Rangers are still unable to defeat the Orgs. They combine their weapons into the Jungle Sword, destroying Plug Org. Jindrax and Toxica appear. Toxica grows the Turbine Org grow into a giant. The Wild Zords come to help the Rangers and destroy the org.

Barbed Wire Org starts to attack the city with his wires. Jindrax and Toxica find the old org temple and find Master Org, the father of all orgs. The Rangers arrive in the city to fight the org, but while Cole tries to reason with it, Taylor wants to fight. An army of Putrids welcomes the Rangers, and Cole sticks to his plan and tries to reason with Barbwire Org. After he finds that orgs do not have hearts, he goes with Taylor's plan and morphs. The Rangers destroy Barbed wire Org with the Jungle Sword, and he grows to giant size after Jindrax and Toxica make themselves known to the Rangers. The Wild Zords come from the Animarium, and Red Lion tells Cole they need to combine the Wild Zords, forming the Wild Force Megazord. The team puts together their Crystal Sabers, and the power animals come together, and the Megazord is formed. The Rangers use the Mega Roar and destroy Barbed Wire Org, so Master Org creates a new plan. Back on the Animarium, the Rangers give Cole a make-over, officially making him part of the team.

Master Org gives Toxica and Jindrax a pep talk in preparation for his next dastardly plan. Cole reads Taylor's Ranger rule book but says there should only be one rule: teamwork. Taylor storms off and arrives in the city, noticing a woman telling her child about the Animarium. The story is told, but with a terrible result. Camera Org surfaces and makes everyone invisible with a single click. Taylor runs into Jindrax and the two fight until Camera Org makes Taylor invisible. The other Rangers come, and while Cole lures away Camera Org, Alyssa, Danny, and Max take on an army of Putrids. Cole tricks Camera Org and gets his film, restoring everyone's visibility. Taylor meets up with the Rangers, but Camera Org wraps them up. Cole unleashes his new Lion Blaster, destroying it, so Toxica revives him into a giant. The Rangers call the Wild Force Megazord, which destroys Camera Org with the Mega Roar. Taylor makes peace with Cole, accepting him as the new leader.

Max reads the newspaper and suggests that he and Danny check out the haunted temple to see if it has an org. Danny's mind is elsewhere, though, as he has his eyes on Kendall, whom he has a crush on. Kendall and Danny ride off, leaving Max behind. An upset Max decides to check the temple on his own, but gets scared and runs back. The next day, Danny tries to apologize but is distracted by Kendall once again. It turns out Bell Org was at the temple and traps Max in one of his bells. The other Rangers arrive to fight Bell Org. Danny hears Max inside the bell and runs to save him. The two best friends reconcile, and the Rangers regroup. Danny and Max injure Bell Org double and then form the Jungle Sword. Toxica resurrects the org into a giant, but the Mega Roar destroys it. Danny visits Kendall to tell her about his true feelings but chickens out. Luckily, Kendall finds a note Danny left for her.

Alyssa goes on an archeological dig for school, and while snooping around a cave, she finds a glowing Wild Force emblem. Later, she, Princess Shayla, and Cole check it out. Tire Org starts terrorizing the city, and three Rangers show up to fight it. Tire Org stalls Taylor, Danny, and Max, giving him time to dash over to Cole, Alyssa, and Princess Shayla. He kidnaps the princess, and the Rangers try to run after him. The power animals send the new savage cycles, and Alyssa stops Tire Org; the Rangers destroy Tire Org with a blast from the cycles, and Alyssa saves Princess Shayla. Toxica resurrects the org into a giant, and the Wild Force Megazord is formed. Master Org kidnaps Princess Shayla while the Rangers are busy and forces her to open the seal. Alyssa leaves the Megazord to help the Princess but is knocked out by Master Org. When Shayla tells Master Org that she can't open the seal, only the chosen one can; he decides to blow it up. After Master Org leaves, Shayla and Alyssa inspect the rubble and find that the Power Animal behind the seal still lives. An animal crystal appears before Alyssa and summons the Elephant Zord, forming the Wild Force Megazord sword and shield mode. Tire Org is destroyed, and Cole tries to master his new savage cycle.

Alyssa reads a story to Max and Danny about a creature in Turtle Lake that can grant wishes. Max falls asleep and has a dream about the Megazord getting defeated. Max wishes the others would stop calling him a kid, and as the book instructs, he writes it down on paper, puts it in a bottle, and throws it into the lake. That night, the Rangers fight Ship Org, who stole Max's bottle. Max is knocked out, and the Rangers take him back to the Animarium. There, he has the same dream, but this time, a voice tells him to use the Spear of Pardolis. He confides in Princess Shayla and then returns to fight Ship Org. The other Rangers join him, and the Jungle Sword destroys Ship Org. The Rangers then call their Wild Zords after Toxica revives him into a giant. Max's dream becomes a reality, and Princess Shayla remembers that Pardolis was an ancient Animarium warrior who had control over the Giraffe Zord, his spear. The Rangers then call on the Giraffe Zord, forming the Wild Force Megazord Spear Mode, and Ship Org is destroyed.

When jogging, Taylor stops by at the air force base and remembers when she first came to the Animarium. She meets two boys: wearing black and white, running from a security guard. She saves them from capture and finds out from the security guard that she was the best pilot Turtle Cove ever had. Then, Cellphone Org starts attacking the city and can disrupt the Rangers' ability to morph. He injures Taylor, who manages to hide in an abandoned factory. Putrids find her, but the two boys save her using psychic powers. While the other Rangers deal with Cellphone Org, Taylor is tasked by the boys to get two flowers from a cliff. The others break Cellphone Org's antenna, allowing Taylor to morph, fly, and get the flowers. The boys give her two seeds, and she then returns to the others. The Jungle Sword destroys Cellphone Org, and Toxica revives him into a giant. The Rangers notice the boys Taylor met before. The boys sprinkle pollen from the flowers on each other, turning them into the Black Bear and Polar Bear Zords. The seeds Taylor was given turns into animal crystals, and the Wild Force Megazord Double Knuckle is formed. Even though Cellphone Org is destroyed, Red Lion becomes tired from taking in energy from the bear brothers, causing the Megazord to overload.

The rangers learn of a magical Soul Bird in the forest that can heal the Wild Zords. Cole thinks that it may heal the Red Lion, so the Rangers head off to find it. However, they are stopped by Toxica, Jindrax, and a grown Bulldozer Org. Since Red Lion is still exhausted, the Rangers can't form the Megazord. Red Lion objects and says that he will fight, so the Rangers do what Jindrax and Toxica want them to. However, they need to use the bear brothers again. Red Lion becomes exhausted and injured, so the other Wild Zords try to protect him. Cole tries to find the Soul Bird, and Jindrax and Toxica go after him. But Taylor, Alyssa, Danny, and Max stop them. Cole encounters Master Org, who scares away the Soul Bird who states that the Soul Bird is never seen twice. The gorilla crystal then comes to Cole, who reunites with the others and forms the Kongazord. After Bulldozer Org is destroyed, the Rangers find a Soul Bird egg, and Cole becomes sad because the little chick won't know its mother... like him.

A wandering General Org called Retinax battles the Rangers to prove his worth. With Freezer Org's help and sacrifice, the Zords are frozen, and the Rangers are rendered powerless. The Soul Bird hatches, restore the Zords and powers and help the Rangers defeat Retinax. Master Org later finds the defeated Retinax and destroys him.

Master Org releases the General Org Nayzor, who finds and releases another Duke Org - Zen-Aku. Zen-Aku defeats the Rangers and steals the Elephant Zord from Alyssa.

An injured Alyssa is tended to by Zen-Aku after being attacked by Toxica and Jindrax. Zen-Aku summons his Dark Wild Zords (consisting of the Wolf Zord, the Hammerhead Zord, and the Alligator Zord) to battle the Rangers' Wild Zords.

As Cole takes on Zen-Aku, the others take on Bus Org who disguised himself as a bus which they had to free the passengers from. After defeating the Bus Org, the Rangers face Zen-Aku. He also combines his Dark Wild Zords into the Predazord and steals the Giraffe Power Animal from them.

Zen-Aku frees Motorcycle Org and kidnaps Princess Shayla. It seems that back in Taylor's past, she couldn't defeat Motorcycle Org and Princess Shayla had to seal him away with a spell. Shayla's necklace brings back memories for Zen-Aku. The Rangers battle Motorcycle Org and Zen-Aku and get back the Princess. After the Motorcycle Org is destroyed, Zen-Aku summons the Predazord which defeats the Kongazord. Taylor is defeated by Zen-Aku, who steals the Bear animal crystals.

As Zen-Aku begins to remember his past, Nayzor plants a bug in his head, which convinces him that he is evil, making him even more dangerous to the Rangers. This was unlikely proven when he crashes the Rangers' battle with Lawnmower Org and destroys him.

The ancient Animus intervenes to reveal Zen-Aku's true identity - Merrick, the ancient warrior who defeated Master Org by using the cursed wolf mask. By beating the Predazord with new zords, the Rangers break the curse, returning Merrick to normal.

After a failed attempt to retrieve the stolen Animal Crystals, Merrick must fight the Quadra Org, a Chimera-type Org who was created with the power of the crystals. With the Rangers tied up, Merrick battles on his own until his Wild Zords return to him and give him the power to morph into the Lunar Wolf Ranger. After Quadra Org was destroyed, Merrick destroys Nayzor and reclaims the stolen crystals.

Toxica secretly powers herself up into the newest General Org - Necronomica. This puts her into conflict with Jindrax even when he finds Karaoke Org. Merrick helps the Rangers defeat her with his latest vehicle - the Wolf Savage Cycle. Afterwards, Toxica and Jindrax make their escape after Toxica makes Karaoke Org grow.

Jindrax finds Master Org zapping Toxica after he found out that she used the Org Crown on herself. After being persuaded by Jindrax not to destroy her, Master Org order both of them to make themselves useful and find another Org. Signal Org makes Cole lose his memory. He ends up on a farm, but is eventually found by the Rangers and returned to normal to defeat Signal Org. Also, Alyssa discovers that Cole's parents have been presumed dead. Following Signal Org's destruction, Toxica and Jindrax explore Master Org's chamber based on Toxica's suspicions that he may be human. However, Master Org catches them and using his vines transforms Toxica and Jindrax into more powerful forms as well as brainwashing them into being completely loyal to him.

Bowling Org makes Max learn a new bowling technique, the tornado spin. To learn the move, he must convince his old bowling coach to regain his will to bowl.

Danny competes for Kendall's affection while the Rangers try to find Wedding Dress Org and his captives. Kendall discovers that Danny is the Black Ranger and inspires him to turn the tide against the Org single-handedly. In the end, Danny's life doesn't allow them to be together.

Alyssa's father is in town and calls Alyssa for lunch. Samurai Org stirs up trouble and Alyssa must recall her father's training to defeat him.

Nayzor is resurrected as the stronger Super Nayzor. He is defeated by Cole's new weapon, the Falcon Summoner. During the battle, Cole also manages to defeat Toxica and Jindrax which reverses their brainwashing and returns them to normal. They then abandon Master Org, determined to find someone to help them take down the impostor. When Master Org makes him grow, Super Nayzor is destroyed as a giant by the Rangers' new Megazord, the Isis Megazord which is made up the Falcon, the Deer, the Giraffe, the Rhino, and the Armadillo Zords.

Wes and Eric track down three MutOrgs from the future to Turtle Cove, where they team up with the Wild Force Rangers to battle them. The Rangers are incredibly overpowered, and only with the intervention of Jen are they able to escape. The MutOrgs managed to find their way to Master Org. The four remaining Time Force Rangers later arrive from the future, bringing Ransik and Nadira with them. They track down the MutOrgs and Ransik manages to destroy their mutant halves. This allows the 12 Rangers to destroy the trio. Afterwards, the 12 Rangers find that Ransik is now human.

Posing as his original form of Dr. Victor Adler upon him being found, Master Org kidnaps four of the Rangers and reveals his true origin to Cole. In a heated battle, Cole destroys Master Org's Org half, reverting him to an average human. Meanwhile, Toxica and Jindrax have found a replacement to lead them - General Org Mandilok. After Mandilok blasts Master Org and leaves him for dead, he comes back to life when an Org horn appears on his head.

Zen-Aku returns in a separate to rejoin with Merrick. Only by learning to accept help from his friends does Merrick defeat this evil from his past.

Cole befriends a mysterious young boy named Kite, who helps them defeat Mandilok's two new Duke Orgs - Artilla and Helicos.

Flute Org controls the citizens of Turtle Cove, and the Rangers, with his music. A surprising ally comes to their rescue - Animus.

Jindrax teams up with his brother Juggelo to prove his worth by destroying the Rangers. After his brother is killed, Jindrax narrowly escapes.

The Rangers battle for control of the Wild Zords against Lion Tamer Org. The Zords are broken free of the Org's spell by Kite, who displays some mysterious powers.

Mandilok convinces Kite that humans are no good and unleashes Monitor Org. Just as the Rangers defeat Monitor Org, Kite reveals himself as Animus and breaks off the control device that Jindrax and Toxica placed on the Wild Force Megazord. He determines that humans do not deserve the Wild Zords' help and takes them away.

The Rangers struggle to defeat Toy Org without their Zords. When Animus truly believes in humanity's soul and the Rangers' commitment to protecting the Earth when they fight against Toy Org, he returns the Zords to the Rangers.

Cole and nine other Red Rangers from the previous series unite to destroy the remaining generals of the Machine Empire who are excavating Serpentera.

To prepare for his return, Master Org sends the ninja Duke Org Onikage to take care of business. Onikage succeeds in kidnapping Shayla and destroys Toxica, and then creates Shadow Rangers to fight the Rangers. Master Org reappears and destroys Mandilok. The Pegasus Megazord destroys Onikage, but Master Org walks off with the Princess.

Jindrax sets up both the Rangers and the Locomotive Org to re-energize Toxica's horn, which he uses to fish her out of the Org Spirit World. Meanwhile, Master Org prepares the Nexus for a mysterious ceremony and snatches Princess Shayla's necklace, for it.

The Rangers battle resurrected Retinax, Nayzor, and Mandilok to disable the Nexus's force field so that their new allies Toxica and Jindrax may sneak in and rescue Princess Shayla.

Master Org returns and attacks the Rangers with his new form. He destroys all the Wild Zords and the Rangers' powers. The Wild Zords later return, along with other fallen Wild Zords, and destroy Master Org with an Ultra Roar. The Rangers then beat the Org Heart so that Master Org won't come back.

Thoughts:

I think that Wild Force is a good show and enjoyed my time watching the show with things I like the story, designs, some of the characters, and villains but I do have some criticisms like some of the episodes being forgettable, some acting and line delivery being a bit iffy, and some of the characters not having much going for them. Overall, I enjoyed this season and will always have good memories of watching this season.

Soundtrack:

I love the theme song and enjoy most of soundtrack because of its mystical feeling nature.

Characters:

(I will only be covering the rangers and villains for seasons that don't have any noteworthy or memorable side characters)

I think the rangers are mostly good. I enjoyed Cole and thought his story was a great one. I enjoyed Danny for his kind personality. I enjoyed Taylor for her growth from resenting Cole for being the leader to making peace with Cole being the leader. I enjoyed Alyssa for her caring and kind personality like Danny. I enjoyed Max for his funny personality and friendship with Danny. I think Merrick is the least good of all the rangers but that mostly comes from appearances being infrequent and his personality being forgettable but his story about redemption is my favorite thing about him. Overall, I love the rangers despite some their flaws.

(I couldn't find one that had all the Villains but if they were there it will be Jindrax and Toxica in good, Zen-Aku in good, Mandilok in ok, Nayzor in good, Artilla and Helicos in ok, Onikage in good, Juggelo in ok, and the Mut-Orgs in good.)

I enjoyed Master Org along with the rest of the Orgs for their concept but their execution varies with it overall being executed well. Master Org is probably my favorite character of this season because of his voice, his story, and how threatening he is. My issue with him is how he disappeared for a few episodes before returning because I almost forgot he was a thing before returning.

The other orgs I enjoyed for what they bring. I liked Jindrax and Toxica for their comedy and friendship, Zen-Aku for his design and his role in Merrick's story, Nayzor for how threatening he is, Onikage for his voice and ninja-like appearence, and the Mut-Orgs for tying into the last season by being a combination of Mutants and Orgs. I don't really have much to say about Juggelo, Mandilok, Artilla and Helicos but I thought they were all fine for the role they served.

I thought Prince Shayla and Kite were fine but I don't have much to say apart from that I didn't care about them.

Favorite Episodes:

Some of my favorite episodes include "Reinforcements From The Future" because of how cool it is and it was nice seeing the Time Force rangers. "Team Carnival" because of being a fun episode. "Taming of the Zords" for feature multiple Wildzords and generally being an enjoyable episode. "Forever Red" for many obvious reasons like having 10 red rangers onscreen at once is cool, enjoying the fight scenes, character interactions, etc. "Fishing For A Friend" for being an enjoyable plot important episode and showing one of the supporting villain's humanity. "The End Of The Power Rangers" for being a great finale to this season and showing how much our characters have grown since the begin of the season.

Designs:

I like the designs of the suits and think they are some of the best in Sentai and PR.

The Zords to me are overall great with some lacking but they still are able to show off how great they are.

The Megazords have to be some of my favorite from PR and Sentai with how varied they get and with each of the combinations not feeling redundant but some are ranked lower due to them being used very little.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, I think that Wild Force is an good season and think people shouldn't skip it if you are rewatching all of Power Rangers.

Overall Rating and Tier Ranking: 8/10

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