Power Rangers Wild Force

*Power Rangers Wild Force*
Power Rangers Wild Force
Genre	Action-adventure; Fantasy drama; Superhero;
Created by	Haim Saban; Toei Company;
Based on	Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger; by Toei Company
Developed by	Saban Entertainment; The Walt Disney Company; Toei Company;
Directed by	Koichi Sakamoto; Terry Withrow; Worth Keeter; Jonathan Tzachor; Taro Sakamoto;
Starring	See below
Composers	Lior Rosner; Paul Gordon; Drew DeAscentis;
Country of origin	United States; Japan;
No. of episodes	40
Production
Producer	Jonathan Tzachor
Production locations	California (Santa Clarita & Los Angeles); Japan (Greater Tokyo Area (Tokyo, Saitama, Yokohama)) and Kyoto);
Cinematography	Ilan Rosenberg; Sean McLin;
Running time	21–22 minutes
Production companies	BVS Entertainment; Renaissance Atlantic Entertainment; Toei Company; MMPR Productions, Inc.;
Original release
Network	Fox (Fox Kids)
Release	February 9 –; August 10, 2002
Network	ABC (ABC Kids)
Release	September 14 –; November 16, 2002
Related
	Power Rangers Time Force; Power Rangers Ninja Storm;

Power Rangers Wild Force is a television series and the tenth season of Power Rangers. It is also the anniversary season of the Power Rangers franchise, based on the 25th Super Sentai series Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger, which itself was the 25th anniversary of Super Sentai.^[1]

Power Rangers Wild Force is the last season to be produced by Saban and first by Disney, following the sale of Fox Family Worldwide (renamed ABC Family Worldwide) including Saban Entertainment (renamed BVS Entertainment) to Disney by Haim Saban and News Corporation, Fox's parent company. The first part of the series was originally broadcast from February to August 2002 on the Fox Kids television block. The show was moved in the fall 2002 to ABC's new Saturday morning block, ABC Kids (formerly Disney's One Saturday Morning).

Plot

The series follows the adventures of Cole Evans, who had been staying with a tribe in the jungle for most of his life, as he tries to find his destiny in the town of Turtle Cove. He encounters the Animarium, an island shaped like a turtle floating in the sky, which many believed to exist only in fairy tales, and is the home of the Wild Zords, and the Wild Force Power Rangers' mentor, Princess Shayla. He joins four other teens, Taylor Earhardt, Max Cooper, Alyssa Enrilé, and Danny Delgado, becoming the new leader of the Wild Force Rangers.

Throughout time, the Rangers use their powers to defeat the forces of the Orgs, monsters created from human pollution, led by one Master Org. As Cole was fond of other animals, he was shocked to discover that the Orgs were literally heartless horned monsters. As the series continues, he finds out the truth about his real parents, Richard and Elizabeth Evans, who were professors at Turtle Cove University, along with a family friend, Dr. Viktor Adler, who was secretly in love with Elizabeth. When they were sent to the jungle for research, they discover the remains of Master Org, which a jealous Adler consumes in order to exact revenge on Richard, who had proposed to Elizabeth before he could. However, the seeds drive Adler mad and he ends up killing both him and Elizabeth. For a while, their son Cole, who was only two years old at the time, was presumed dead as well.

In an attempt to defeat the rangers, Master Org releases Zen-Aku, a wolf duke-org who was sealed away by the ancient warriors, the predecessors of the Wild Force Rangers, 3000 years ago. Zen-Aku, however, is soon to be revealed as Merrick Baliton, a member of ancient warriors who defeated the original Master Org by using the powers of a cursed wolf mask. The rangers break the curse, returning Merrick to his human form, allowing him to join the team as the Lunar Wolf Ranger. Zen-Aku is later revealed to have been freed from the curse and attempts to repossess Merrick, but is defeated.

During the annual team-up episode, a trio of powerful half-mutant, half-org monsters called Mut-Orgs travel back in time from the year 3001 to join forces with Master Org and clash with Wes Collins and Eric Myers, the Red Time Force Ranger and Quantum Ranger, prompting the Wild Force Rangers to come to their aid. Wes and Eric contact the other four Time Force rangers in the future and they travel back to aid them, along the previous season's villains Ransik and his daughter Nadira. Ransik, who has reformed, reveals that he was the one who freed the Mut-Orgs and works with the rangers, stripping the three monster mutant powers and weakening them enough for the rangers to destroy them. Ransik is also stripped of his own powers during the battle, turning him into a normal human.

Eventually, Duke Orgs Jindrax and Toxica learn of Master Org's human origins and turn on him, awakening the Org General Mandilok to overthrow him. Shortly after, during a battle with Cole, Master Org is stripped of his powers. Mandilok takes this opportunity to kill the now powerless Dr. Adler. Mandilok then proceeds to take control of the Org forces. Meanwhile, the rangers befriend an amnesiac boy named Kite who has mysterious powers. Kite is revealed to the reborn Animus, the ancestor of the Wild Zords, who was destroyed by the original Master Org 3000 years ago. Mandilok attempts to turn Animus against the rangers by showing him the destruction and pollution humans have caused over the last 3000 years, and appears to be successful as Animus takes away the Ranger's Wild Zords. However, Animus revealed he was only testing the rangers and returns to aid them and gives them back their Wild Zords.

Soon after, the original Master Org, reawakened and reborn in Dr. Adler's body after his death, returns to exact his revenge, destroying Mandilok and kidnapping Princess Shayla to use her powerful necklace to create the powerful Org Heart. Though the Rangers rescue the princess with the aid of the reformed Jindrax and Toxica, Master Org uses the Org Heart to transform into a powerful new form that can regenerate from any attack. Using his new powers, Master Org easily destroys all the rangers' Zords, stripping the rangers of their powers, and brings the Animarium crashing down to Earth. The rangers, though now powerless, refuse to give up and make a final stand against Master Org. This causes not only the Wild Zords that Master Org destroyed to be revived, but for the 77 other lost Wilds Zords to return and restore the rangers' powers. The rangers, together with all 100 Wild Zords, destroy Master Org and the Org Heart, ending the threat of the Orgs once and for all.

With the threat over, Princess Shayla allows the rangers to return to their civilian lives, taking the Wild Zords and the Animarium back up into the sky until they're needed again. Cole travels the world, using his skills to help animals everywhere, Taylor returns to the Air Force, Max and Danny travel the world on a sight-seeing tour, Merrick travels the world as well, accompanied by a now reformed Zen-Aku, and Alyssa finishes college and becomes a teacher. The series ends with Alyssa telling her story to a kindergarten class.

In addition to the annual team-up episodes, Power Rangers Wild Force also had a special episode commemorating it as the tenth incarnation, Forever Red, by having Cole team up with the nine Red Rangers before him (Jason Lee Scott, Aurico, Tommy Oliver, T.J. Johnson, Andros, Leo Corbett, Carter Grayson, Wes Collins and Eric Myers) to prevent the remaining generals of the Machine Empire from unearthing and reactivating Lord Zedd's Zord, Serpentera, which had been left buried on the moon.

The Animarium reappeared during Power Rangers Super Megaforce in "A Lion's Alliance".

Cast and characters

Wild Force Rangers

Ricardo Medina Jr. as Cole Evans, the Red Lion Ranger.^[2]^[3]
Alyson Kiperman as Taylor Earhardt, the Yellow Eagle Ranger.
Phillip Jeanmarie as Max Cooper, the Blue Shark Ranger.
Jack Guzman as Danny Delgado, the Black Bison Ranger.
Jessica Rey as Alyssa Enrilé, the White Tiger Ranger.
Phillip Andrew as Merrick Baliton, the Lunar Wolf Ranger.

Supporting characters

Ann Marie Crouch as Princess Shayla
Charles Gideon Davis as the voice of Animus
J.D. Hall as Willie

Villains

Ilia Volok as Ancient/Original and Reincarnated Master Org/Dr. Viktor Adler
Sin Wong as Toxica
Richard Cansino as the voice of Jindrax (original)
Danny Wayne as the voice of Jindrax (later)
Michael Sorich as the voice of Retinax
Ken Merckx as the voice of Nayzor
Ezra Weisz and Barbara Goodson as the voices of Mandilok
Dan Woren as the voice of Zen-Aku (original) & Onikage
Lex Lang as the voice of Zen-Aku (later)

Guest stars

Time Force Rangers
- Jason Faunt as Wesley "Wes" Collins, the Red Time Force Ranger.
- Erin Cahill as Jennifer "Jen" Scotts, the Pink Time Force Ranger.
- Kevin Kleinberg as Trip, the Green Time Force Ranger.
- Deborah Estelle Philips as Katie Walker, the Yellow Time Force Ranger.
- Michael Copon as Lucas Kendall, the Blue Time Force Ranger.
- Daniel Southworth as Eric Myers, the Quantum Ranger.
Forever Red Rangers
- Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott, the original Red Ranger, and previously the second Gold Zeo Ranger.
- Christopher Glenn as Aurico, the Red Aquitian Ranger.
- Jason Frank as Tommy Oliver, the Zeo Ranger V Red and previously the Green Ranger, White Ranger, and the first Red Turbo Ranger.^[4]^[5]
- Selwyn Ward as T.J. Johnson, the second Red Turbo Ranger, and previously the Blue Space Ranger.
- Christopher Khayman Lee as Andros, the Red Space Ranger.
- Danny Slavin as Leo Corbett, the Red Galaxy Ranger.
- Sean Cw Johnson as Carter Grayson, the Red Lightspeed Ranger.
Richard Steven Horvitz as the voice of Alpha 7
Brianne Siddall as the voice of Circuit
Vernon Wells as Ransik
Kate Sheldon as Nadira
Archie Kao as the voice of General Venjix
Walter Jones as the voice of Gerrok
Catherine Sutherland as the voice of Tezzla
Scott Page-Pagter as the voice of Steelon
David Walsh as the voice of Automon
David Lodge as the voice of Takach & Kired
Kim Strauss as the voice of Rofang

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
419	1	"Lionheart"	Koichi Sakamoto	William Winkler	February 9, 2002 (2002-02-09)
Cole Evans - raised by an indigenous tribe from infancy - leaves to search for his destiny. In the city of Turtle Cove, four Power Rangers fight two monsters, Plug Org and Turbine Org, but are outmatched. While searching for his parents, Cole saves animals from a shady shelter run by the Duke Orgs Toxica and Jindrax. The next day, the other Rangers find Cole and take him to a floating jungle called the Animarium, where five robotic Power Animals greet him - Lion, Tiger, Bison, Shark, and Eagle. At a nearby temple, 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, and their leader Taylor Earhardt teaches Cole how to morph with his Growl Phone. After a brief battle, the Rangers combine their weapons into the Jungle Sword, destroying Plug Org. After Toxica grows Turbine Org into a giant, the Wild Zords help the Rangers destroy the org.
420	2	"Darkness Awakening"	Koichi Sakamoto	Derek Rydall	February 9, 2002 (2002-02-09)
Barbed Wire Org starts to attack the city with his wires and an army of putrids. Jindrax and Toxica find the old org temple inside the Nexus and find Master Org, the father of all orgs. The Rangers arrive in the city to fight the org, but Cole tries to reason with it, believing that all living things - even orgs - have hearts, and that violence is not the answer. After he finds out orgs do not have hearts, 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 arrive from the Animarium, and the Red Lion tells Cole they need to combine the Wild Zords and form the Wild Force Megazord to defeat the org. Afterwards, the Rangers give Cole a make-over, officially making him part of the team.
421	3	"Click, Click, Zoom"	Koichi Sakamoto	Jill Donnellan	February 16, 2002 (2002-02-16)
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 the one rule should be teamwork. A frustrated Taylor notices a woman telling her child about the Animarium, while Shayla simultaneously tells the same story to the Rangers. Meanwhile, Camera Org surfaces and makes everyone invisible with a single click. Taylor fights Jindrax until Camera Org makes Taylor invisible, prompting the other Rangers to take her back to the Animarium. Cole, feeling guilty for insulting Taylor about the rules, breaks his own rule of teamwork to fight Camera Org, while Alyssa Enrilé, Danny Delgado, and Max Cooper battle the Putrids. Cole tricks Camera Org and gets his film, restoring everyone's visibility. Taylor meets up with the Rangers, and Cole uses his Lion Blaster to weaken the org. After a Megazord battle, Taylor reconciles with Cole, accepting him as the new leader.
422	4	"Never Give Up!"	Terry Withrow	Katherine Torpey	February 23, 2002 (2002-02-23)
Max reads the newspaper and suggests that he and Danny check out the haunted temple to see if it has an org. Due to Danny's distractions with his crush, Kendall, Max personally visits the temple. While there, Bell Org traps him in one of his bells. Meanwhile, Danny feels guilty for making Max run off and explains to the other Rangers how Max helped him cope with his fear of heights. As the Rangers fight Bell Org, Danny rescues Max from inside the bell and they reconcile. The two regroup with the other Rangers and defeat the org.
423	5	"Ancient Awakening"	Terry Withrow	Suzi Shimoyama	March 2, 2002 (2002-03-02)
On an archaeological dig, Alyssa secretly finds a glowing Wild Force emblem inside a cave. Later, she, Shayla, and Cole check it out. Tire Org starts terrorizing Turtle Cove, and overpowers Taylor, Danny and Max, allowing him to kidnap Shayla. The Rangers chase after Tire Org with the power animals' savage cycles, rescuing Shayla and destroying the Org. Later, as the rangers fight the revived Org in the Wild Force Megazord, Master Org tries forcing Shayla to open the seal, prompting Alyssa to give chase. After learning that only the chosen one can open the seal, Master Org destroys it. Inspecting the rubble, Shayla and Alyssa 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's Sword and Shield Mode to destroy Tire Org.
424	6	"Wishes On The Water"	Koichi Sakamoto	William Winkler	March 9, 2002 (2002-03-09)
Alyssa reads a story to Max and Danny about a creature in Turtle Lake that can grant wishes. Max falls asleep and dreams about the Megazord getting defeated. Wishing the others would stop referring to him as a child, Max uses the book's instructions to conceal a written message in the bottle and throw it into a lake. That night, the Rangers fight Ship Org, who stole Max's bottle. Max is knocked out, and the other Rangers take him back to the Animarium. Experiencing the same dream, Max is told to use the Spear of Pardolis. He confides in Shayla and then returns to fight Ship Org. The other Rangers join him and destroy Ship Org. After Toxica revives Ship Org, Max's dream becomes a reality when the org overpowers the Elephant sword, and Shayla remembers that Pardolis was an ancient Animarium warrior who controlled the Giraffe Zord, his spear. Max summons the Giraffe Zord to form the Wild Force Megazord's Spear Mode to destroy Ship Org.
425	7	"The Bear Necessities"	Koichi Sakamoto	Derek Rydall	March 16, 2002 (2002-03-16)
When jogging, Taylor visits the air force base and remembers when she first came to the Animarium. She meets two boys: wearing black and white, fleeing from a security guard, and rescues them. Cellphone Org starts attacking the city and disrupts the Rangers' morphing powers by jamming the cellular frequency. He injures Taylor, who flees to an abandoned factory and encounters a group of Putrids. As the other Rangers fight Cellphone Org, the boys task Taylor to obtain two flowers from a cliff. The others break Cellphone Org's antenna, allowing Taylor to use her powers to get the flowers. The boys give her two seeds, and she then returns to the others to destroy Cellphone Org. Toxica revives him into a giant, and the Rangers struggle, until the boys arrive sprinkling pollen from the flowers on each other, revealing themselves to be the Black Bear and Polar Bear Zords. The rangers combine the bear zords with the Wild Force Megazord to form Double Knuckle mode and destroy Cellphone Org. However, the Red Lion Zord suddenly becomes exhausted from taking in the bear zords' energy, causing the Megazord to disengage.
426	8	"Soul Searching"	Koichi Sakamoto	Jill Donnellan	March 23, 2002 (2002-03-23)
After learning of a magical Soul Bird in the forest that can heal the Wild Zords, including the Red Lion, the rangers search for it. However, they are stopped by Toxica, Jindrax, and a grown Bulldozer Org. Since the Red Lion is still exhausted, Cole says they must fight without the Megazord. The Red Lion says that he will fight, so the Rangers do what Jindrax and Toxica want them to. However, they need to use the Bear Zords again, and the Red Lion is further exhausted. The other Wild Zords try protecting him while Cole searches for the Soul Bird. Along the way, Cole encounters Master Org, who remembers a memory of his past upon seeing Cole's picture. Just as Master Org scares off the Soul Bird, the gorilla crystal then comes to Cole, who uses it to summon the Gorilla Zord and form the Kongazord to defeat Bulldozer Org. Afterwards, the Rangers find a Soul Bird egg, and Cole becomes sad because the little chick will not know its mother like him.
427	9	"Soul Bird Salvation"	Worth Keeter	Suzi Shimoyama	March 30, 2002 (2002-03-30)
A wandering General Org called Retinax battles the Rangers to prove his worth. With Freezer Org's help and sacrifice, the Kongazord and the Rangers' Growl Phones are frozen, forcing them to fight without their zords or morphing powers. The Soul Bird hatches, thaws the Zords and Growlphones, and helps the Rangers defeat Retinax.
428	10	"Curse of the Wolf"	Taro Sakamoto	Katherine Torpey	April 6, 2002 (2002-04-06)
Master Org releases the General Org Nayzor, who finds and releases another Duke Org, Zen-Aku, who defeats the Rangers and steals the Elephant Zord from Alyssa.
429	11	"Battle of The Zords"	Koichi Sakamoto	Derek Rydall	April 13, 2002 (2002-04-13)
An injured and disheartened Alyssa leaves to find what happened to the Elephant Zord, but is attacked by Jindrax and Toxica. She is subsequently tended to by Zen-Aku, who summons a trio of Dark Wild Zords (consisting of the Wolf, Hammerhead Shark Zord and Alligator Zords) to battle the Rangers' Wild Zords.
430	12	"Predazord, Awaken"	Koichi Sakamoto	Bergen Williams	April 20, 2002 (2002-04-20)
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, who combines his Dark Wild Zords into the Predazord and steals the Giraffe Zord from Max.
431	13	"Revenge of Zen-Aku"	Koichi Sakamoto	Jill Donnellan	April 27, 2002 (2002-04-27)
Zen-Aku frees Motorcycle Org and kidnaps Shayla. It seems that back in Taylor's past, she could not defeat Motorcycle Org and 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 rescue the Princess. After the Motorcycle Org is destroyed, Zen-Aku summons the Predazord to defeat the Kongazord. Taylor is defeated by Zen-Aku, who steals the Bear animal crystals.
432	14	"Identity Crisis"	Taro Sakamoto	Suzi Shimoyama	May 4, 2002 (2002-05-04)
As Zen-Aku begins remembering 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 is unlikely proven when he crashes the Rangers' battle with Lawnmower Org and destroys him.
433	15	"The Ancient Warrior"	Taro Sakamoto	Katherine Torpey	May 11, 2002 (2002-05-11)
The ancient Animus intervenes to reveal Zen-Aku's true identity - Merrick Baliton, the ancient warrior who defeated Master Org by using the cursed wolf mask. By defeating the Predazord with new zords (the Rhino and Armadillo Wild Zords), the Rangers break the curse, returning Merrick to normal.
434	16	"The Lone Wolf"	Taro Sakamoto	Derek Rydall	May 18, 2002 (2002-05-18)
After failing 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 is destroyed, Merrick destroys Nayzor and gives the stolen crystals back to the Rangers.
435	17	"Power Play"	Koichi Sakamoto	Jill Donnellan	June 1, 2002 (2002-06-01)
Toxica secretly powers herself up into a new General Org - Necronomica. This puts her into conflict with Jindrax, even when he finds Karaoke Org. Merrick helps the Rangers defeat her and Karaoke Org with his latest vehicle - the Wolf Savage Cycle.
436	18	"Secrets and Lies"	Koichi Sakamoto	Bergen Williams	June 8, 2002 (2002-06-08)
Jindrax finds Master Org zapping Toxica for using the Org Crown on herself. After being persuaded by Jindrax not to destroy her, Master Org orders the two to 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. 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. Later, Cole learns that his parents have died.
437	19	"The Tornado Spin"	Worth Keeter	Derek Rydall	June 15, 2002 (2002-06-15)
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.
438	20	"Three's a Crowd"	Taro Sakamoto	Katherine Torpey & Bergen Williams	June 29, 2002 (2002-06-29)
Danny competes for Kendall's affection while the Rangers try to find Wedding Dress Org and his captives. When the org tries abducting Kendall, Danny is forced to reveal his identity as the Black Ranger to protect her. Kendall inspires him to turn the tide against the Org single-handedly, but in the end, Danny's life does not allow them to be together.
439	21	"A Father's Footsteps"	Koichi Sakamoto	Suzi Shimoyama	July 6, 2002 (2002-07-06)
Alyssa's father is in town and calls Alyssa for lunch. Meanwhile, Samurai Org stirs up trouble and Alyssa must recall her father's training to defeat him.
440	22	"Sing Song"	Taro Sakamoto	Jill Donnellan	July 13, 2002 (2002-07-13)
To defeat Tombstone Org, who was created by Master Org by infusing the tombstone of Dr. Viktor Adler with six Org spirits, the Rangers need the Deer Zord. To get the Deer to help them, Shayla and Merrick must sing for him to make him happy again following an old resentment the Zord has with Merrick.
441	23	"The Wings of Animaria"	Worth Keeter	Suzi Shimoyama	July 20, 2002 (2002-07-20)
Nayzor is resurrected as Super Nayzor, who severely injures Taylor, Alyssa, Max and Danny, leaving Cole and Merrick to defeat him. Meanwhile, the other four rangers dream of being in a dark dimension, being instructed by a mysterious boy to solve a wooden puzzle to unleash a new Wild Zord, the Falcon Zord, and help Cole. The four solve it before time expires, allowing Cole to use the Falcon Summoner to destroy Super Nayzor. While fighting Toxica and Jindrax, Cole becomes the Red Savage Warrior with his new Animarium Armor to restore the Duke Orgs to their normal forms. 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 by the Rangers' new Megazord, the Isis Megazord which consists of the Deer, the Giraffe, the Rhino, the Armadillo and the Falcon Zords.
442	24	"Reinforcements from the Future"	Koichi Sakamoto	Amit Bhaumik	July 27, 2002 (2002-07-27)
443	25	"Reinforcements from the Future"	Koichi Sakamoto	Amit Bhaumik	August 3, 2002 (2002-08-03)
Time Force Rangers Wes Collins and Eric Myers track down three MutOrgs - Orgs who copied mutant DNA from Ransik in 3000 - 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 destroys their mutant halves, allowing the 12 Rangers to destroy the trio. Afterwards, the Rangers find that Ransik is now human. Guest stars: Erin Cahill, Michael Copon, Jason Faunt, Kevin Kleinberg, Deborah Estelle Philips, Kate Sheldon, Daniel Southworth and Vernon Wells.
444	26	"The Master's Last Stand"	Koichi Sakamoto	Derek Rydall	August 10, 2002 (2002-08-10)
Posing as his original form of Viktor Adler upon him being found, Master Org kidnaps four of the Rangers and reveals his true origin to Cole. In the ensuing battle, Cole destroys Master Org's Org half, reverting him to his human form. 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.
445	27	"Unfinished Business"	Taro Sakamoto	Suzi Shimoyama	September 14, 2002 (2002-09-14)
Zen-Aku returns to rejoin with Merrick, who refuses to let the other Rangers help him. Only by learning to accept help from his friends does Merrick defeat this evil from his past.
446	28	"Homecoming"	Taro Sakamoto	Katherine Torpey	September 14, 2002 (2002-09-14)
Cole befriends a mysterious young boy named Kite, who helps them defeat Mandilok's two new Duke Orgs, Artilla and Helicos.
447	29	"The Flute"	Worth Keeter	Katherine Torpey	September 21, 2002 (2002-09-21)
A Flute Org is playing music on his flute to controls the Turtle Cove's citizens and the Rangers, even after disrupting Princess Shayla and Merrick's morning song to the Deer Zord. When the Rangers struggle to defeat him, a surprising ally comes to their rescue; Animus.
448	30	"Team Carnival"	Koichi Sakamoto	Katherine Torpey	September 21, 2002 (2002-09-21)
Jindrax teams up with his org brother, Juggelo, to prove his worth by destroying the Rangers, even going so far as to risk his life growing giant to help Juggelo. After his brother is killed, Jindrax narrowly escapes.
449	31	"Taming of the Zords"	Koichi Sakamoto	Katherine Torpey	September 28, 2002 (2002-09-28)
The Rangers battle for control of the Wild Zords against Lion Tamer Org, who controls the Zords with his whip. The Zords are broken free of the Org's spell by Kite, who displays some mysterious powers.
450	32	"Monitoring Earth"	Taro Sakamoto	Katherine Torpey	September 28, 2002 (2002-09-28)
Mandilok tricks Kite into thinking that humans do not deserve the Rangers' help before dispatching Monitor Org to fight them. 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. Later, Animus personally takes the Wild Zords.
451	33	"The Soul of Humanity"	Taro Sakamoto	Katherine Torpey	October 5, 2002 (2002-10-05)
The Rangers struggle to defeat Toy Org without their Zords and tell Mandilok of their commitment to protect the Earth from the Orgs, Animus combines his powers with Merrick to help the Rangers destroy Toy Org. Revealing himself as the boy who helped the other Rangers obtain Cole's Falcon Zord, Animus tells the Rangers he took the Zords away as a test to see if they can truly protect the humans. He returns the Zords to the Rangers for good and gives Cole his Wild Force Rider.
452	34	"Forever Red"	Koichi Sakamoto	Amit Bhaumik	October 5, 2002 (2002-10-05)
Cole and nine other Red Rangers from the previous series unite to destroy the remaining generals of the Machine Empire who are excavating Serpentera. Guest stars: Jason Faunt, Jason David Frank, Sean Cw Johnson, Christopher Khayman Lee, Jason Narvy, Paul Schrier, Danny Slavin, Daniel Southworth, Austin St. John and Selwyn Ward.
453	35	"The Master's Herald"	Koichi Sakamoto	Jill Donnelllan	October 19, 2002 (2002-10-19)
454	36	"The Master's Herald"	Koichi Sakamoto	Jill Donnelllan	October 19, 2002 (2002-10-19)
To prepare for his return, Master Org summons 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.
455	37	"Fishing for a Friend"	Taro Sakamoto	Suzi Shimoyama	November 2, 2002 (2002-11-02)
Jindrax, having lost all faith in Orgs after Mandilok had Toxica destroyed, 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 steals Princess Shayla's necklace for it.
456	38	"Sealing the Nexus"	Taro Sakamoto	Derek Rydall	November 2, 2002 (2002-11-02)
The Rangers battle the resurrected Retinax, Nayzor, and Mandilok to disable the Nexus's force field so that their new allies Toxica and Jindrax may secretly rescue Shayla. The three escape as Master Org consumes the Org Heart and the Nexus subsequently collapses.
457	39	"The End of the Power Rangers"	Jonathan Tzachor	Jill Donnellan & Katherine Torpey	November 16, 2002 (2002-11-16)
458	40	"The End of the Power Rangers"	Jonathan Tzachor	Derek Rydall & Suzi Shimoyama	November 16, 2002 (2002-11-16)
Following the Nexus's destruction, Master Org returns and attacks the Rangers with his new form. He destroys the Wild Zords, including Animus, as well as the Rangers' powers. The Wild Zords later return, along with other fallen Wild Zords, and kill Master Org with an Ultra Roar. The Rangers then destroy the Org Heart for good. With Turtle Cove saved, the Rangers go their separate ways.

Notes

^ Pre-production
^ Post-production
^ Credited as Saban Entertainment in the original broadcast of episodes 1 to 26, and BVS Entertainment in episodes 27 to 40 and re-runs.