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Rita's Pita is the twenty-sixth episode of the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. It is the debut of Katherine Hillard as the Pink Ranger.
Synopsis[]
Tommy works up an appetite. And, Rita has a recipe for evil. So, she shrinks the Ravenator and sends him to amplify Tommy's appetite. Katherine can still read Rita's plans so she sends the Tengas to take care of her.
Plot[]
At the Youth Center, Tommy is giving a one on one lesson with his student Danny as Rocky and Aisha watch by the Juice Bar. Per Ernie’s suggestion for a break, Tommy orders a veggie pita and a fruit smoothie while Danny orders a cheeseburger, fries, and a shake. However, Tommy reminds Danny that healthy eating can help somebody both physically and mentally, convincing the latter to change his order to Tommy’s. Unknown to them, Rita sees this with anger, and Lord Zedd wants to see Tommy knocked off his pedestal. Rita reveals that she’s having Finster create a monster for such an occasion, and orders him to speed it up.
Billy asks Kat if all the changes in her life recently are overwhelming her, and she admits to the anxiousness of her communicator going off at any moment, something Adam can relate to. While Kat does not want to let her new friends down, Billy gives her some reassurance before she heads home. At the Juice Bar, Skull orders the Indigestion Inducer special despite Bulk and Ernie’s protests, and Tommy shows that to Danny as an example from earlier. Skull scoffs at Tommy's lesson. On the Moon Palace, Finster introduces Rita and Lord Zedd the Ravenator. When Zedd asks how the monster will affect Tommy, Rita uses her wand and shrinks Ravenator down to size. Picking him up, she reveals that the Ravenator will attack Tommy from his insides.
As Kat heads home, she telepathically hears Rita’s orders to Ravenator to attack Tommy from inside his body and she realizes that he's in danger. At the palace, Lord Zedd notices that Kat has heard about their plan and informs Rita, who shouts for Finster to come in the throne room at once. Rita demands to know why Kat is still picking up her thoughts even after betraying her and Zedd. Finster explains that before Kat went back to the side of good, he did some tests on her and discovered a residual side effect. He says that due to the strength of Rita's earlier mind-control spell on her, Kat is able to still pick up on the former's thoughts. Annoyed over any of their future plans being foiled by her, Zedd sends the Tenga Warriors to take care of her. The Tenga Warriors are sent down to attack her and she goes into Ninja Ranger mode to fight back and win.
Meanwhile, Tommy and Danny get their veggie pitas, but unknown to them, the tiny Ravenator enters Tommy’s pita as part of Rita’s plan. Once Tommy eats Ravenator, the spell takes effect and Tommy grows very hungry, taking Skull’s leftovers and ordering a chocolate shake. When Billy and Adam arrive, Danny is heartbroken over Tommy's hypocrisy. Kat arrives and tells Billy what she learned from Rita. However, Tommy refuses to go to the Command Center and have a diagnostic exam, leaving the five other Rangers to teleport there.
Once there, the alarm goes off, but most of the Rangers are confused that the monster’s location is where Tommy is at. However, Alpha 5 and Billy use an x-ray magnification to show Ravenator is inside his stomach. Adam asks if they can teleport Tommy to the Command Center so he can be helped, however Zordon refuses as if they do so they'll also be allowing the monster inside where it could do untold damage. The Rangers agree that this is the last thing Tommy would want and the Rangers realizes this was Rita and Lord Zedd’s plan all along. Before the Rangers head back to Tommy, Zordon warns them that the Ravenator can eat anything, and it can do serious harm to Tommy.
At the Juice Bar, the Rangers find that Tommy left for the bake sale that Bulk and Skull were patrolling, and find him eating all of the desserts. They take Tommy to the park where he learns about Ravenator, and Aisha has an idea of how to get him out. She and Rocky buy a big sundae from a local ice cream truck as the others restrain Tommy from eating it, giving him the willpower to not eat it. Growing impatient, Ravenator exits Tommy and the six Rangers morph. Together, they take on Ravenator, but before they can finish him on the ground, Rita and Lord Zedd grow him. The Rangers summon the Shogunzords, Kat joining Tommy in the White Shogunzord, and combine to form the Shogun Megazord before destroying Ravenator. On the Moon Palace, Rita and Lord Zedd argue about another failure.
At the Youth Center, Tommy apologizes to Danny about what happened, especially since he’s his best student, and the latter accepts it. Meanwhile, Bulk and Skull grow sick from eating all the unwanted baked goods, and to get out of trouble by Lieutenant Stone, they are forced to pay out of their own pockets for the elderly home. Then they run off after Stone offers them a homemade sundae as the Rangers watch in amusement.
Cast[]
- Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (Mighty Morphin White Ranger)
- Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos (Mighty Morphin Red Ranger)
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)
- David Yost as Billy Cranston (Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
- Karan Ashley as Aisha Campbell (Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger)
- Catherine Sutherland as Katherine "Kat" Hillard (Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger)
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- Richard Genelle as Ernie
- Gregg Bullock as Lt. Jerome Stone
- ??? as Danny
- David Fielding as Zordon (face)
- Robert L. Manahan as Zordon (voice)
- Sandi Sellner as Alpha 5
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Alpha 5 (voice)
- Carla Perez as Rita Repulsa
- Barbara Goodson as Rita Repulsa (voice)
- Ed Neil as Lord Zedd
- Robert Axelrod as Lord Zedd (voice) and Finster (voice)
- Danny Wayne Stallcup as Goldar
- Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice)
- Bob Papenbrook as Rito Revolto (voice)
- Michael J. Sorich as Squatt (voice)
- Dave Mallow as Baboo (voice) (as Colin Phillips)
- Brad Orchard as Ravenator (voice)
Song[]
- Tenga Bye Bye (instrumental)
Errors[]
- When Kat morphs into her Ninja mode, her ninja costume is orange in the morphing sequence.
Notes[]
- This episode aired the same day as Saban's Masked Rider
episode 9, The Grandma Factor. - Catherine Sutherland replaces Amy Jo Johnson in the opening credits from this episode onwards.
- The episode ending music is recycled from "Wizard for a Day".
- This is the only episode where Zordon calls Katherine by her nickname "Kat".
- This is also the first time where Katherine appears helmetless.
See Also[]
- Ep. 7: The Huge One - Super Sentai counterpart in Kakuranger. See comparison page. (Zord battle)