Truncated Power Rangers/Shout Out

Episode 1 - Pilot

• Billy: "I wanna go read Watchmen."
• Kim: "You know, this sucks! I wanna go play Animal Crossing."
• Zack: "Evil ... like Dr. Evil?"

Episode 2 - Cancellation

• "Tonight, on a very special Maude..."
• Finster: "[The monsters are] on strike."
• Scarab
• Jason: "So I call the act 'The Aristocrats'!"
• Zordon: "I don't even know why they were eating the salmon mousse, but Rita tampered with it."
• Kim: "Exit, stage right." (bastardization of Snagglepuss)
• Goldar: "Wicked What is this feeling, so sudden and new?" (song from Wicked)
• Jason: "The light! Either something is there, or Nick still doesn't get the hint."
• Bulk: "Shouldn't you be vacuuming?"

Episode 3 - Gaining Manhood

• The entire opening sequence is from the Playstation version of the opening to The Powerpuff Girls.
• One of the ingredients used to create Tommy is Double Dragon.
• "Last week, on Desperate Housewives..."
• Alpha: "Plop plop, fizz fizz!"
• Squatt sneaks around Billy's lab to the theme of Mission: Impossible.
• Two song references to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
• Billy-As-Kim: "Let's poorly imitate Macaulay Culkin!"
• Zack: "Holy crap, it's Heath Ledger!"
• Aladdin Cruger: "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your city down just like Hurricane Katrina!"
• The Megazord transforms with an appropriate sound effect.
• The zord fight is set to, and references, Mortal Kombat music.
• Aladdin Cruger: "Now I am Spider-Man!"
• "Battle cry!"
• Aladdin Cruger (again): "I missed at point blank range! Well screw you guys; I'm going home then."
• "Tonight, on Sab-Rita the Geriatric Witch..."
• Tommy's entire dialogue pattern, complete with "SUCKERS!", is based off Precious Roy.
• The ending narration - and Tommy's finisher - is based off Dragonball Z.

Episode 4 - The Abridged Mini-Series

• Rita fears Paris Hilton may be coming to visit. She doesn't.
• Finster reveals via flashback that he was involved with Saban during an attempt to acquire Jetman footage.
• Tommy: "I thought David beat Goliath; time to check!"
• Zack: "...Israel gained independence from the Gravy Empire in 1947."
• Jason: "Let's Samuraize, guys!"

Directly referenced in the roll call.

• Morph Gag
• The Megazord calls on the power of the wrong mecha.
• Scorpina: "Now to go Cloverfield on your ass!"
• "This season, on Heroes..."
• Goldar and Tommy invoke attacks from Kamen Rider.
• Similarly, Jason borrows from another franchise.
• Jason: "Hey, what's this red ring [of death] mean?"
• The Megazord falls into the core of the Earth with an appropriate sound effect.
• Rita: "C3! Hit! You sunk my Dragon Zord!"
• When Zordon revives the zords, he does so to "Circle of Life".
• Jason wishing his zord, once a famous gymnast, was sixteen at the time.

When the episode was originally written in 2008, this was a big controversy.

• As Tommy joins the good Rangers, "Dreams" by Van Halen plays. This song was featured in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie during the Rangers' victory celebration.
• "SMUCKERS!"

Episode 5 - Wax Pathetic

• Direct reference to The Indian in the Cupboard.
• Lots of references to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
• Squatt: I'm giving him some weapons, because nothing complements the agility of a turtle quite like the great Triforian pastime of Stick-a-Stitch.
• The various pitches of names for Peitouche, ranging from Yertle to Tor.
• Zack: I am totally the Wesley Snipes to your Woody Harrelson, Tommy.
• A running joke about the internet rumor that Jason's actor, Austin St. John, later went on to have a career in gay porn (he didn't, of course; the guy just happened to look a lot like Austin back in his MMPR days).
• This week, on Everybody Loves Rita...
• The "running theme" is from Mystery Science Theater 3000, specifically the "Angels Revenge" episode.
• Stop, hammer time.
• Trini: Arriba, arriba! Trini Kwan, the fastest Latina in all of California!
• Trini, again: EIGHTYNINECENTCHEESYDOUBLEBEEFBURRITO!

Episode 6 - A Myster?ous Occurrence

• Due to the monster's inspiration, there are several references to Ocarina of Time.
• "Magic and Power Rangers don't mix!"
• Reference to "Badger Badger Badger".
• Elefun gets a reference.
• Gohma name-drops Metallica.
• "You could be called Phormo for all I care!"

Episode 7 - Jason David Frankenstein

• Jason's unsure whether or not his costume is of Robin Hood or Peter Pan.
• Bela Lugosi is name-dropped.
• One of Alpha's pet names from his harem is Threepio.
• Rita references Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Batman and Robin, The Dark Knight, and Kamen Rider Dragon Knight.
• There's a subtle reference to Killer Instinct in the morph call.

Episode 8 - Let's Hear It for the Toy

• The Putties channel Steve Irwin.
• Since the re-edit of the real episode resulted in a random checkered flag, F-Zero was lampshaded.
• Broadway shows are referenced, from Footloose to West Side Story.
• Titanus - who evokes another (arguably) beloved children's character - tells a story that sounds familiar to some fans...
• Being the first part of a two-parter, an Intermission is included.

Episode 9 - Big Things & Little Packages

• Tommy Rick Rolls both Rita and the Rangers.
• "This week on Land of the Lost..."
• Music from Donkey Kong Country parts 2 and 3 play in the background.
• The morph gag: "BURAI!" "GOSHI!" "MEI!" "DAN!" "BOI!" "JUNGLE FURY!"
  • Some Fridge Brilliance there. Jungle Fury's Japanese counterpart was called Gekiranger.
• Bulk and Skull dance to "Do the Mario".

Episode 10 - Chase Figure

• "Last time, on Kamen Rider Dragon Knight..."
• Kim goes on about how she just saw Watchmen.
• The Samurai Fan Man is both the creator of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and BoukenBlack's dentist.
• Reference to the use of yellow lines in Adobe Premiere.
• The Rangers spar to the opening theme song to Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
• "Get out the Beetle Bonders!" "Green Hunter!" "Blue Stinger!" "Red Striker!" "VENJIX!"
• Tommy's morph call: "TENAYA 7!"
• The Rangers apparently watch The O'Reilly Factor.

Episode 11 - America's Natinal Pastime

• The title refers to the 2009 Major League Baseball season, where the Washington Nationals had their jerseys misprinted with "NATINALS" on the front.
• Goldar and Rita engage in a debate regarding Power Rangers' continuity.
• Tommy auditions for 2 Girls 1 Cup: The Musical.
• The morph call.
• The monster of the week is a generic worm Pokemon.
• Steroid Sosa's clamoring for what he sees as a needle parodies the MLB's constant revelations of players testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
• "YOUR NAME IS TOBY!"

Zack tries to make a different reference.

Episode 12 - The Rangers Lose a Member

• Tommy: RED BATTLEZORD FORESHADOWING!
• The Green Candle is made from the remains of Peitouche, the monster from Episode 5.
• RESIDUAL ENERGY RUNOFF
• Jason has the power.
• Tonight, on Grey's Anatomy...
• Tommy: ALAS POOR UTERUS, I KNEW YE WELL.

Episode 13 - Why Aorta

• The monster of the week is Canary Gary.
• Billy's morph call of Baby Bop.
• Last week, on Cougar Town...

Episode 14 - The Day before the Day After Tomorrow

• Jason: "Uh, Let's Split Up, Gang!!" Zack: "Okay, Fred--I mean, Jason."

Episode 19 - Testing One's Gourd

• Ernie's best friend is named Bert.

Episode 26 - No Need to Fret

• Bulk and Skull try to cosplay as Princess Peach and Bowser.

Episode 29 - The New Guy Sucks

• Zordon's answering message when the Rangers try to contact his is Believe it or not. Zordon isn't at home. Please leave a message at the beep. I must be out or I'd pick up the phone. Where could I be?